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Colossians 1:8-10
New Testament for Everyone
Colossians 1:8-10
New Testament for Everyone
8 He it was who gave us the news about your love in the spirit.
Prayer for wisdom and gratitude
9 For this reason, from the day we heard it, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We’re asking God to fill you with the knowledge of what he wants in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. 10 This will mean that you’ll be able to conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Lord, and so give him real delight, as you bear fruit in every good work and grow up in the knowledge of God.
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Colossians 1:8-10
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Colossians 1:8-10
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8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.(A)
9 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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- Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
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