Colossians 1:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Since

Colossians 1:3

Romans 1:8

Ephesians 1:15

Do

Philemon 1:4

That ye

Of his

Spiritual

1 John 5:20

Bible References

Since

Whenever we pray for you, we always thank God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

First of all, I want to thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being told about throughout the whole world.

For this reason also, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of the saints [i.e., God's holy people],

Do

So, Peter was kept in jail, but the church continued to pray earnestly to God for him. [See verse 12].

In my every request for all of you, I make it with joy

We continually remember, in the presence of our God and Father, the work produced by your faith, the labor prompted by your love, and your endurance motivated by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Never stop praying.

This is why we always pray for you also, so that our God will consider you worthy to be [i.e., to have been] called [into the kingdom] by Him, and will fulfill, by His power, every good purpose [or, "desire for goodness"] of yours and every act produced by [your] faith.

I thank God, whom I worship [or, "serve"] with a clear conscience, as my forefathers did, that I can remember you [i.e., your commitment] continually in my prayers night and day.

I always thank my God [for you] as I mention you in my prayers,

That ye

For in [fellowship with] Him you people have been made [spiritually] rich in every way, through all [kinds of] speech and knowledge. [Note: This probably refers to the communication and comprehension of truth represented by the spiritual gifts of languages and revelation].

For this reason also, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of the saints [i.e., God's holy people],

This is the reason that I bow my knees [in prayer] to the Father,

And I pray that your love may grow stronger and stronger, [along] with how much you know, and [that you may grow] in your ability to comprehend things.

Of his

Epaphras, who is one of you [See 1:7; 4:9], a slave of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings. He always struggles in his prayers on your behalf so that you will remain mature and be fully convinced [that you are living] by all that God wants [for your life].

If anyone [really] desires to do what God wants, he will know whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority [only].

And you people must not be conformed to [the values and standards of] this age, but you should become transformed [i.e., changed in attitude and action] by having your mind renewed [i.e., to think in a totally different way]. Then you will be able to determine [and practice] God's will, the thing that is good, and acceptable and perfect.

Then you will demonstrate [or, "learn about"] a life that is very pleasing to the Lord.

Do not serve them only when you are being watched, just to gain their approval, but as slaves of Christ, doing what God wants from your heart.

For you need to be steadfast so that, after you have done what God wants, you will receive the promise [of an inheritance. See 9:15].

equip you with every good deed for doing God's will. [May He] work in us [to accomplish] what is very pleasing in His sight through [the power of] Jesus Christ. May there be praise to Him forever and ever. May it be so.

For it is God's will that, by doing good, you should put to silence the ignorant [talk and actions] of foolish people.

So then, you should no longer live the rest of your lives [to satisfy] the sinful desires of your body, but to do what God wants.

And the world, with its [physical and material] desires, is passing away, but the person who does what God wants will continue to live forever.

Spiritual

And [in addition], we know that the Son of God has come [in a physical body, See 4:2] and has given us understanding, so that we can know the True One [i.e., God], and that we are in [fellowship with] the True One, even His Son Jesus Christ. This Son is the true God and eternal life.