Thankfulness for Spiritual Attainments: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Colossians, Chapter 1, verses 1-12

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ^a Lit throughby the will of God, and Timothy^b Lit theour brother,	1 Php 1:1 Co2 1:1 Co1 1:1 Co2 1:1 Th1 3:2
² To the^c Or holy onessaints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.	2 Act 9:13 Rom 1:7
³ We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴ since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have^d Or towardfor all the^e Or holy onessaints; ⁵ because of the hope laid up for you in^f Lit the heavensheaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth,^g Or of the gospelthe gospel ⁶ which has come to you, just as^h Or it is in the worldin all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit andⁱ Or spreading abroadincreasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and^j Or came really to knowunderstood the grace of God in truth; ⁷ just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, ⁸ and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.	3 Rom 1:8 Rom 15:6 Co2 1:3 4 Eph 1:15 Gal 5:6 Eph 6:18 5 Act 23:6 Ti2 4:8 Eph 1:13 6 Rom 10:18 Rom 1:13 Eph 4:21 7 Col 4:12 Col 4:7 8 Rom 15:30
⁹ For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the^k Or real knowledgeknowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰ so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,^l Lit unto all pleasingto please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and^m Or growing by the knowledgeincreasing in theⁿ Or real knowledgeknowledge of God; ¹¹ strengthened with all power, according to^o Lit the might of His gloryHis glorious might,^p Lit unto allfor the attaining of all steadfastness and^q Or patience with joypatience; joyously ¹² giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us^r Lit unto the portion ofto share in the inheritance of the^s Or holy onessaints in Light.	9 Col 1:4 Eph 1:16 Php 1:9 Eph 1:17 10 Eph 4:1 Eph 5:10 Rom 1:13 11 Co1 16:13 Eph 4:2 12 Eph 2:18 Act 20:32 Act 26:18


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