Colossians 1:4

since ¹  we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

2Co 7:7; Ga 5:6; Eph 1:15; Col 1:9; 1Th 1:3; 1Th 3:6; 1Th 4:9,10; 2Th 1:3; Phm 1:5; Heb 6:10; 1Pe 1:21-23; 1Jo 3:14,23; 1Jo 4:16; 3Jo 1:3,4

¹ tn The adverbial participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") is understood to be temporal and translated with “since.” A causal idea may also be in the apostle’s mind, but the context emphasizes temporal ideas, e.g., “from the day” (v. 6).