Colossians 1:7-10
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
7 You so learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ in our stead and as our representative and [a]yours.
8 Also he has informed us of your love in the [Holy] Spirit.
9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [[b]special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the [c]full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [[d]in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things—
10 That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and [e]desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, [f]acquaintance, and recognition].
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Colossians 1:7 Many ancient manuscripts read “yours.”
- Colossians 1:9 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
- Colossians 1:9 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament.
- Colossians 1:9 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
- Colossians 1:10 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
- Colossians 1:10 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
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