{Having heard of} (akousantes). Literary plural unless
Timothy is included. Aorist active participle of akou(935c) of
antecedent action to eucharistoumen. Epaphras (verse  8 ) had
told Paul. {Your faith in Jesus Christ} (	(886e) pistin hum(936e) en
I(8873)ou Christ(9369)). See  Eph 1:15  for similar phrase. No article
is needed before en as it is a closely knit phrase and bears
the same sense as the objective genitive in  Ga 2:16  (dia
piste(9373) Christou I(8873)ou, by faith in Christ Jesus). {Which ye
have} (h(886e) echete). Probably genuine (Aleph A C D), though B
omits it and others have the article (	(886e)). There is a real
distinction here between en (sphere or basis) and eis
(direction towards), though they are often identical in idea.