19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled (A)with all the fullness of God.

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19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].

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19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

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But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [a]perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

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  1. James 1:4 mature

And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.

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But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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13 till we all come to the unity of the faith (A)and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to (B)a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

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13 until we all reach oneness in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, [growing spiritually] to become a mature believer, reaching to the measure of the fullness of Christ [manifesting His spiritual completeness and exercising our spiritual gifts in unity].

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13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

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12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always (B)laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand (C)perfect and [a]complete in all the will of God.

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  1. Colossians 4:12 NU fully assured

12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. [He is] always striving for you in his prayers, praying with genuine concern, [pleading] that you may [as people of character and courage] stand firm, [spiritually mature] and fully assured in all the will of God.

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12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

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14 (A)who[a] is the [b]guarantee of our inheritance (B)until the redemption of (C)the purchased possession, (D)to the praise of His glory.

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  1. Ephesians 1:14 NU which
  2. Ephesians 1:14 down payment, earnest

14 The Spirit is the [a]guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory.

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  1. Ephesians 1:14 Or down payment.

14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

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