[a]Who hath also declared unto us your love in the [b]Spirit.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with knowledge of [c]his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding.

10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord, and please him in all things, being fruitful in all good works, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:8 He declareth his good will towards them, telling them that they must not still remain at one stay but go on further both in the knowledge of the Gospel, and also in the true use of it.
  2. Colossians 1:8 Your spiritual love, or your love which cometh from the Spirit.
  3. Colossians 1:9 God’s will.

and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.(A)

For this reason, since the day we heard about you,(B) we have not stopped praying for you.(C) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will(D) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[a](E) 10 so that you may live a life worthy(F) of the Lord and please him(G) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(H)

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  1. Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding