Colossians 1:9-14

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⁹ Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we have ·continued [not ceased] praying for you, asking God ·that you will know fully what he wants [^Lto fill you with the knowledge of his will], ·and that you will have great [^Lin all] ·spiritual wisdom and understanding [or wisdom and understanding from the Spirit] ¹⁰ so that you will live the kind of life that ·honors [is worthy of] and pleases the Lord in every way. You will produce fruit in every good work and grow in the knowledge of God. ¹¹ ·God will strengthen you [^L…being strengthened] with ·his own great power [^Lall power according to his glorious might] so that you will not give up when troubles come, but you will ·be patient. ¹² And you will joyfully give thanks [or …have patience with joy, ¹² giving thanks] to the Father who has made you^[a] able to have a share in ·all that he has prepared for his people in the kingdom of light [^Lthe inheritance of the saints/holy ones in the light]. ¹³ ·God [^L…who] has ·freed [rescued; delivered] us from the ·power [authority; dominion] of darkness, and he brought us into the kingdom of his ·dear [dearly loved; beloved] Son, ¹⁴ ·who purchased our freedom^[b] [^Lin whom we have redemption] ·and forgave our sins [or which is the forgiveness of sins].