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Colossians 1:8-10
New Testament for Everyone
Colossians 1:8-10
New Testament for Everyone
8 He it was who gave us the news about your love in the spirit.
Prayer for wisdom and gratitude
9 For this reason, from the day we heard it, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We’re asking God to fill you with the knowledge of what he wants in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. 10 This will mean that you’ll be able to conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Lord, and so give him real delight, as you bear fruit in every good work and grow up in the knowledge of God.
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Colossians 1:8-10
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Colossians 1:8-10
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8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.(A)
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you,(B) we have not stopped praying for you.(C) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will(D) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[a](E) 10 so that you may live a life worthy(F) of the Lord and please him(G) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(H)
Footnotes
- Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
Colossians 1:8-10
King James Version
Colossians 1:8-10
King James Version
8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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Colossians 1:8-10
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Colossians 1:8-10
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8 who also declared to us your (A)love in the Spirit.
Preeminence of Christ
9 (B)For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask (C)that you may be filled with (D)the knowledge of His will (E)in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 (F)that you may walk worthy of the Lord, (G)fully pleasing Him, (H)being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the (I)knowledge of God;
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