Colossians 1:9-14
Modern English Version
The Person and Work of Christ
9 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; 10 that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, pleasing to all, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God, 11 strengthened with all might according to His glorious power, enduring everything with perseverance and patience joyfully, 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled us to be partakers in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dear Son, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
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Colossians 1:9-14
Lexham English Bible
Prayer for Maturity Based on Christ’s Preeminence
9 Because of this also we, from the day we heard about it,[a] did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight, 10 so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects[b], bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God, 11 enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy, 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light, 13 who has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us[c] to the kingdom of the Son he loves[d], 14 in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins,
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- Colossians 1:9 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Colossians 1:10 Literally “to all pleasing”
- Colossians 1:13 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Colossians 1:13 Literally “of his love”
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