Colossians 1:3–14

^3cWe give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, ⁵For ^dthe hope which is ^elaid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in ^fthe word of the truth of the gospel; ⁶Which is come unto you, ^gas it is in all the world; and ^hbringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew ⁱthe grace of God in truth: ⁷As ye also learned of ^kEpaphras our dear ^lfellowservant, who is for you ^la ^mfaithful minister of Christ; ⁸Who also declared unto us your ⁿlove ^oin the Spirit.

⁹For this cause we also, ^csince the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire ^pthat ye might be filled with ^qthe knowledge of his will ^rin all wisdom and spiritual ^sunderstanding; ^10tThat ye might walk worthy of the Lord ^uunto all pleasing, ^hvbeing fruitful in ^wevery good work, and ^xincreasing in the knowledge of God; ^11yStrengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and ^zlongsuffering ^awith joyfulness; ^12bGiving thanks unto the Father, which hath ^cmade us meet to be ^dpartakers of ^dthe inheritance of the saints in light: ¹³Who hath ^edelivered us from ^fthe power of ^gdarkness, and hath translated us ^hinto the kingdom of ^†his ⁱdear Son: ^14jIn whom we have redemption ^kthrough his blood, even ^lthe forgiveness of sins: