Colossians 1:9

Therefore we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray for you; and to ask that ye may be filled with a knowledge of the good pleasure of God, in all wisdom, and in all spiritual understanding;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

In Context

8and who hath made known to us your love in the Spirit.

10that ye may walk as is right, and may please God with all good works, and may yield fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God;

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Cross References

Acts 12:5And while Simon was in custody in the prison, continual prayer to God in his behalf, was offered to God by the church.

Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed, by the renovation of your minds: and discern ye what is the good and acceptable and perfect pleasure of God.

Ephesians 1:8which hath abounded in us, in all wisdom and all spiritual understanding.

Ephesians 3:14And I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

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 →

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