Kolose 1:4

1:4 since ¹  we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

Kolose 1:13

1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, ² 

[1:4]  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).

[1:13]  ² tn Here αὐτοῦ (autou) has been translated as a subjective genitive (“he loves”).