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You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow-slave and a faithful worker for the Messiah on your behalf; and he has told us about the love which the Spirit has given you.

Therefore, from the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all the wisdom and understanding which the Spirit gives;

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You learned it from Epaphras,(A) our dear fellow servant,[a] who is a faithful minister(B) of Christ on our[b] behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.(C)

For this reason, since the day we heard about you,(D) we have not stopped praying for you.(E) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will(F) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[c](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:7 Or slave
  2. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your
  3. Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding