For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his.

We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of …

Colossians 1:9 KJV: 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

What does Colossians 1:9 mean? This passage transitions from Paul's thankfulness into a prayer for the Colossian believers. Paul states that he and Timothy have been praying constantly, presumably from the moment they learned about the Colossian church.

Paul's commitment to unceasing prayer for the Colossians demonstrates the importance of intercessory prayer in the Christian life. This reflects the biblical principle of persistent prayer found in other scriptures, such as 1 Thessalonians 5:17 and Luke 18:1.

Colossians 1:9–14 — New Living Translation (NLT) 9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.

Colossians 1:9-12 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life wort...

Colossians 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that | New International Version (NIV) | Download The Bible App Now.

Colossians 1:9–10 — The New King James Version (NKJV) 9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work ...

Colossians 1:9(NASB) Verse of the Day Paul opens his epistle to the Colossians expressing his profound joy and grateful thanks for them all, because of their sincere faith in the gospel of Christ, the deep love which they showed for one another and because of the obvious future hope they possessed: "W hich is laid up for us in heaven."