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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

For gar I want thelō you hymeis to know oida how great hēlikos a struggle agōn I have echō for hyper you hymeis and kai for those ho in en Laodicea Laodikeia and kai for all hosos who have not ou seen horaō · ho my egō face prosōpon in en the flesh sarx. My goal is that hina their autos hearts kardia may be encouraged parakaleō · ho and knit symbibazō together in en love agapē, · kai so eis that they may have all pas the wealth ploutos of ho full assurance plērophoria of ho understanding synesis, for eis knowledge epignōsis of ho God’ s theos mystery mystērion, · ho which is Christ Christos, in en whom hos are eimi hidden apokryphos all pas the ho treasures thēsauros of ho wisdom sophia and kai knowledge gnōsis.

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