just as you learned it[a] from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,[b] who also made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

Prayer for Maturity Based on Christ’s Preeminence

Because of this also we, from the day we heard about it,[c] did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:7 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts have “on your behalf”
  3. Colossians 1:9 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation