³We always give thanks to 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 your love for all God’s people. ⁵When the true message, the Good News, first came to you, you heard about the hope it offers. So your faith and love are based on what you hope for, which is kept safe for you in heaven. ⁶The gospel keeps bringing blessings and is spreading throughout the world, just as it has among you ever since the day you first heard about the grace of God and came to know it as it really is. ⁷^*You learnt of God’s grace from Epaphras, our dear fellow-servant, who is Christ’s faithful worker on our^a behalf. ⁸He has told us of the love that the Spirit has given you.

⁹For this reason we have always prayed for you, ever since we heard about you. We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives. ¹⁰Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him. Your lives will produce all kinds of good deeds, and you will grow in your knowledge of God.

Read in Logos

Colossians 1:10: … so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

Footnotes

aour; some manuscripts have your.

Cross references

*1.7: Col 4:12; Phm 23