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

That ye

Of his

Spiritual

1 John 5:20

General references

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Bible References

Since

We give thanks always to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ [when we] pray for you,

First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.

Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith} in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

Do

Also, as for me, far be it from me {that I should sin} against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the good and righteous way.

Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.

always in my every prayer for all of you, making the prayer with joy,

[because we] remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

pray constantly,

for which [purpose] we also pray always for you, that you may be considered worthy of the calling of our God, and he might fulfill every desire for goodness and work of faith with power,

{I am thankful} to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience {as my ancestors did}, when {I remember you constantly} in my prayers night and day,

I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers,

That ye

that in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,

Because of this I also, hearing of {your faith} in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,

And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

Of his

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Teach me to do your will, for you [are] my God; your Spirit [is] good. Lead me onto level ground.

If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself.

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

trying to learn what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

not {while being watched}, as people pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

equip you with every good [thing] to do his will, carrying out in us [what is] pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory {forever}. Amen.

For the will of God is as follows: [by] doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

And the world is passing away, and its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains {forever}.

Spiritual

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, in order that we may know the one who is true, and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

General references

Wisdom gives more strength to the wise than ten rulers who are in the city.