Colossians 1:9

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Colossians 1:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

8 and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.

9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

11 being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

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because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—

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that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

Romans 1:8

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.

Romans 1:9

God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

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in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

Ephesians 1:15

For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

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I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

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As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

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So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

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In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,

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and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Pray without ceasing.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

2 Timothy 1:4

Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

Philemon 1:4

I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,

1 Corinthians 1:5

For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

Ephesians 1:17

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

Ephesians 1:18

I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

Ephesians 1:19

and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

Ephesians 1:20

which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

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... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

Ephesians 3:15

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

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I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

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so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 3:18

will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth

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of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

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so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.

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Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

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If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

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And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

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You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

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equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

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Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

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The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

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Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

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Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

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I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

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that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

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Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

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But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

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And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.