because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,
5. For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven. For the hope of eternal life will never be inactive in us, so as not to produce love in us. For it is of necessity, that the man who is fully persuaded that a treasure of life is laid up for him in heaven will aspire thither, looking down upon this world.
Thanksgiving belongs in every prayer, paired with rejoicing over the same matter. Paul gives thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for their faith in Christ, their love toward the saints, and their hope laid up in heaven, the three principal graces that mark a Christian life.
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Commenting on Colossians 1:3-8
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,.... These words may be considered either in connection with the foregoing, and express the reason or motive which encouraged these saints to believe in Christ, and to go on believing in him, and hold fast the profession of their faith in him, and to love the saints, and show it upon all occasions, and...