1. Col. 1:9a
(NIV)
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you
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2. Col. 1:9b
(NIV)
and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
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3. Col. 1:10a
(NIV)
And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:
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4. Col. 1:10b
(NIV)
bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
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5. Col. 1:11a
(NIV)
being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,
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6. Col. 1:11b-12
(NIV)
and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
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7. Col. 1:13
(NIV)
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
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