10 testing(A) what is pleasing(B) to the Lord.

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10 and find out what pleases the Lord.(A)

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17 So don’t be foolish, but understand(A) what the Lord’s will(B) is.

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17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.(A)

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Prayer for Spiritual Growth

For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking(A) that you may be filled with the knowledge(B) of his will(C) in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding

For this reason, since the day we heard about you,(A) we have not stopped praying for you.(B) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will(C) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[a](D)

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Footnotes

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