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Colossians 1:9
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7 as you also learned from aEpaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is ba faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,  
8 who also declared to us your alove in the Spirit.  

Preeminence of Christ

9 aFor this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask bthat you may be filled with cthe knowledge of His will din all wisdom and spiritual understanding;  
10 athat you may walk worthy of the Lord, bfully pleasing Him, cbeing fruitful in every good work and increasing in the dknowledge of God;  
11 astrengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, bfor all patience and longsuffering cwith joy;  
12 agiving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of bthe inheritance of the saints in the light.  
13 He has delivered us from athe power of darkness band conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,  
14 ain whom we have redemption1 through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.  
15 He is athe image of the invisible God, bthe firstborn over all creation.  
16 For aby Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or bdominions or principalities or2 powers. All things were created cthrough Him and for Him.  
17 aAnd He is before all things, and in Him ball things consist.  
18 And aHe is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, bthe firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.  

Reconciled in Christ

19 For it pleased the Father that ain Him all the fullness should dwell,  
20 and aby Him to reconcile ball things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, chaving made peace through the blood of His cross.  
21 And you, awho once were alienated and enemies in your mind bby wicked works, yet now He has creconciled  
22 ain the body of His flesh through death, bto present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—  
23 if indeed you continue ain the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are bnot moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, cwhich was preached to every creature under heaven, dof which I, Paul, became a minister.  

Sacrificial Service for Christ

24 aI now rejoice in my sufferings bfor you, and fill up in my flesh cwhat is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for dthe sake of His body, which is the church,  
25 of which I became a minister according to athe stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,  
26 athe1 mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, bbut now has been revealed to His saints.  
27 aTo them God willed to make known what are bthe riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles:1 which is cChrist in you, dthe hope of glory.  
28 Him we preach, awarning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, bthat we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.  
29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me amightily. 
Verse Comparison: Colossians 1:9

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American Standard Version
For this cause we also, since the day we heard `it', do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Amplified® Bible
For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray {and} make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding {and} discernment of spiritual things--

Contemporary English Version
We have not stopped praying for you since the first day we heard about you. In fact, we always pray that God will show you everything he wants you to do and that you may have all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives.

Darby English Version
For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Good News Bible
For this reason we have always prayed for you, ever since we heard about you. We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives.

International Standard Version
For this reason, since the day we heard about this, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

King 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;

New American Standard Bible
For this reason also, since the day we heard {of it,} we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

New International Version
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

New King James Version
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may become filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Young's Literal Translation
Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,


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