Colossians 1:3–14
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THANKSGIVING
3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints 5because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth,c the gospel 6that has come to you. It is bearing fruitd and growing all over the world,e just as it has among you since the day you heard it and came to truly appreciatef God’s grace.Bg 7You learned this from Epaphras,h our dearly loved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christi on yourC behalf, 8and he has told us about your love in the Spirit.j
PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH
9For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are askingk that you may be filled with the knowledgel of his willm in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,D 10so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good workn and growing in the knowledge of God,o 11being strengthenedp with all power,q according to his gloriousr might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled youE to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.s 13He has rescuedt us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdomu of the Sonv he loves.w 14In him we have redemption,F the forgiveness of sins.
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Cross references
- cPs 119:142; Jn 14:6; 2Co 11:10; Eph 1:13; 2Tm 2:15; 3Jn 3
- dMk 4:8
- eMt 13:38; 24:14; Rm 3:6; 2Pt 2:20
- f2Th 2:10
- g2Pt 3:18
- hCol 4:12; Phm 23
- iMt 1:17; Eph 5:2
- jPs 51:11; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:4; Rm 8:9; Ti 3:5; Rv 1:10; 3:22
- kJn 14:13; Jms 1:5
- lPr 2:6; Col 3:10
- mEph 1:9
- n2Co 9:8; Gl 3:10
- oPr 2:6; Jn 17:3; 2Pt 1:2; 1Jn 4:8
- pPhp 4:13
- qAc 4:33; 2Co 13:4
- rLk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18
- sPs 36:9; Jn 12:46
- tMt 27:43
- uMt 3:2; Mk 1:15; Ac 20:25
- vJn 5:19; Heb 1:2
- wMt 3:17; Jn 3:16; 15:10; 17:26; 1Jn 4:16
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