Colossians 1:6 (WEB)
which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
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 · 5
Eusebius of Caesarea
“…the influence of heavenly power, and with the divine co-operation, the doctrine of the Saviour, like the rays of the sun, quickly illumined the whole world; and straightway, in accordance with the divine Scriptures, the voice of the inspired evangelists and apostles went forth through all the earth, and their words…” — editor's note: Compare Col. i. 6. That Christianity had already spread over the whole world at this time is, of course, an exaggeration; but the statement is not a mere…
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John Chrysostom
“For writing to others also, Paul again saith concerning the gospel, that “it is bringing forth fruit, and growing up in every creature which is under Heaven.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 6. [Combined with Col. i. 23.]
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Whence writing to certain, he says of the Gospel, “It bears fruit, and increases in every creature under heaven.” [Col 1:6].” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“And Paul calls himself a “labourer together with God” in the dispensation of the Gospel; will they bring an indictment for impiety against us, if we apply the term “fellow-labourer” to the Holy Spirit, through whom in every creature under heaven the Gospel bringeth forth fruit?” — editor's note: cf. Col. i. 6.
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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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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:9–14 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:9–14 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:9–14 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in Church History II.3.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:9–14 (5) (Catena Aurea).