Colossians 1:3-14

Christian Standard Bible

Thanksgiving

³ We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, ⁴ for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints ⁵ because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth,^(A) the gospel ⁶ that has come to you. It is bearing fruit^(B) and growing all over the world,^(C) just as it has among you since the day you heard it and came to truly appreciate^(D) God’s grace.^{[a](E) 7} You learned this from Epaphras,^(F) our dearly loved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ^(G) on your^[b] behalf, ⁸ and he has told us about your love in the Spirit.^(H)

Prayer for Spiritual Growth

⁹ For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking^(I) that you may be filled with the knowledge^(J) of his will^(K) in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,^{[c] 10} so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work^(L) and growing in the knowledge of God,^{(M) 11} being strengthened^(N) with all power,^(O) according to his glorious^(P) might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully ¹² giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you^[d] to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.^{(Q) 13} He has rescued^(R) us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom^(S) of the Son^(T) he loves.^{(U) 14} In him we have redemption,^[e] the forgiveness of sins.