Colossians 1:3-8; NKJV
3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; 7 as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
1. "your faith in Christ Jesus" - conviction of the mind, trust of the heart, surrender of the will.
2. "your love for all the saints" - agape - the greatest of these - the love that chooses to do what is best for another.
3. "the hope which is laid up for you in heaven" - confident expectation of eternal life in Heaven.
"And now abide faith, hope, and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13; NKJV).
