wmth Colossians:1:3-14 SEEK
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We give thanks to God ,
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
constantly praying for you as we do ,
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because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God '
s people ,
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on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven .
Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News .
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For it has reached you ,
and remains with you ,
just as it has also spread through the whole world ,
yielding fruit there and increasing ,
as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God ,
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as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant .
He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead ,
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and moreover he has informed us of your love ,
which is inspired by the Spirit .
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For this reason we also ,
from the day we first received these tidings ,
have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things ;
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so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him ,
while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God .
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Since His power is so glorious ,
may you be strengthened with strength of every kind ,
and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering ;
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and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God '
s people in Light .
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It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness ,
and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son ,
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in whom we have our redemption –
the forgiveness of our sins .