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,^e^t ¹⁰so 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 ¹¹being strengthened with all power^x according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,^y ¹²and giving joyful thanks to the Father,^z who has qualified you^f to share in the inheritance^a of his holy people in the kingdom of light.^b

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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

eOr all spiritual wisdom and understanding
fSome manuscripts us

Cross references

qver 4; Eph 1:15
rSee Ro 1:10
sSee Eph 5:17
tSee Eph 1:17
uSee Eph 4:1
vSee 2 Co 5:9
wver 6
xSee Php 4:13
y Eph 4:2
z Eph 5:20
aSee Ac 20:32
bSee Ac 26:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 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; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

NLTNew Living Translation

So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Because of this also we, from the day we heard about it, did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight, so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God, enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,

KJV 1900King James Version

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; That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

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