Colossians 1:9
Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
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8who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:23I, also, far be it from me to sin against YHWH, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do Your good pleasure, || For You [are] my God—Your Spirit [is] good, || Lead me into a land of uprightness.
Acts 12:5Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the Assembly to God for him,
Romans 12:2and do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what [is] the will of God—the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
Ephesians 1:8in which He abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
Ephesians 3:14For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:4-9
Paul's Thanksgiving for the Colossians. ( a. d. 62.) 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; 6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in… Read the whole commentary →