These acted in faith. LOVE Paul appreciates the love of the Colossian Christians. There were no outcasts. All the saints were welcomed and it became something that the Colossian church was known by and appreciated for. In John 14, Jesus tells his disciples.
Hope is all through the Bible.
Paul appreciates and mentions Epaphras. In Colossae Epaphras was the man who started it all. He was a native of Colossae who had been to Ephesus and had been taught by Paul himself. Epaphras came back to Colossae and began to instruct people in the Gospel. Epaphras simply told the people the truth about Jesus.