just as you learned it from (A)Epaphras, our (B)beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, and he also informed us of your (C)love in the Spirit.

For this reason also, (D)since the day we heard of it, (E)we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the [a](F)knowledge of His will in all spiritual (G)wisdom and understanding,

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  1. Colossians 1:9 Or real knowledge

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