5 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

6 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,

7 even as you learnt of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Messiah on your [2] behalf,