Colossians 1:3–10

Thanksgiving and Prayer

³We always thank God,^f the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, ⁴because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love^g you have for all God’s people^h—⁵the faith and love that spring from the hopeⁱ stored up for you in heaven^j and about which you have already heard in the true message^k of the gospel ⁶that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit^l and growing throughout the whole world^m—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. ⁷You learned it from Epaphras,ⁿ our dear fellow servant,^c who is a faithful minister^o of Christ on our^d behalf, ⁸and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.^p

⁹For this reason, since the day we heard about you,^q we have not stopped praying for you.^r We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will^s through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,^{et 10}so that you may live a life worthy^u of the Lord and please him^v in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,^w