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Thankfulness for Spiritual Attainments
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|Colossenses 1:1| Paul, an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed) by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
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|Colossenses 1:2| To the1 saints and faithful2 believers in Christ[who are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace[inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father.
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|Colossenses 1:3| We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, as we pray always for you,
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|Colossenses 1:4| for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus[how you lean on Him with absolute confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness] , and of the[unselfish] 3 love which you have for all the saints (God's people);
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|Colossenses 1:5| because of the[confident] hope[of experiencing that] which is reserved and waiting for you in heaven. You previously heard of this hope in the message of truth, the gospel[regarding salvation]
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|Colossenses 1:6| which has come to you. Indeed, just as in the whole world the gospel is constantly bearing fruit and spreading[by God's power] , just as it has been doing among you ever since the day you first heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth[becoming thoroughly and deeply acquainted with it] .
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|Colossenses 1:7| You learned it from[our representative] Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf
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|Colossenses 1:8| and he also has told us of your love[well-grounded and nurtured] in the[Holy] Spirit.
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|Colossenses 1:9| For this reason, since the day we heard about it, we have not stopped praying for you, asking[specifically] that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom[with insight into His purposes] , and in understanding[of spiritual things] ,
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|Colossenses 1:10| so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord[displaying admirable character, moral courage, and personal integrity] , to[fully] please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing in the knowledge of God[with deeper faith, clearer insight and fervent love for His precepts] ;
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