Colossians 1:5 (WEB)
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News
Catechism · 1
“It is the prayer of Paul, the apostle par excellence, which reveals to us how the divine solicitude for all the churches ought to inspire Christian prayer.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 10:1; Eph 1:16-23; Phil 1911; Col 1:3-6; 4:3-4, 12.
Fathers and councils · 3
Theodoret of Cyrus
“I am ready for exile, and, for the sake of the “hope laid up for me,” welcome whatever fate they may inflict.” — editor's note: Col. i. 5
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…the Voice to the Word, the Friend to the Bridegroom; he that is above all among them that are born of women, to Him Who is the Firstborn of every creature; he that leaped in the womb, to Him Who was adored in the womb; he who was and is to be the Forerunner to Him Who was and is to be manifested.” — editor's note: Col. i. 5.
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Tertullian
“This shall now be proved even by the apostle, when he says: “For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; which is come unto you, as it is unto all the world.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 5, 6.
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