For I want you to know (A)how great a (B)struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that (C)their hearts may be encouraged, being (D)knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of (E)God's mystery, which is Christ, (F)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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For I want you to know how much I struggle for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have never seen me face to face.[a] Because they are united in love, I pray[b] that their hearts may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of the full knowledge of the Messiah,[c] who is[d] the mystery of God. In him are stored all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:1 Lit. my face in the flesh
  2. Colossians 2:2 The Gk. lacks I pray
  3. Colossians 2:2 Or Christ
  4. Colossians 2:2 The Gk. lacks who is