Study it in the app“For this reason we also, from the day we heard it, have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,”
Paul tells what he asks for the Colossians: knowledge, strength and gratitudePrayerPaul prays that believers would know God's will with wisdomWisdom
For this reasonΔιὰ τοῦτοweἡμεῖςalso,καὶfrom the dayἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέραςwe heard it,ἠκούσαμενhave notοὐstoppedπαυόμεθαprayingπροσευχόμενοιforὑπὲρyouὑμῶνandκαὶaskingαἰτούμενοιthatἵναyou may be filled withπληρωθῆτεthe knowledgeτὴν ἐπίγνωσινof his willτοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦinἐνallπάσῃspiritualπνευματικῇwisdomσοφίᾳandκαὶunderstanding,συνέσει
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appearshear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousamen” appearsstop, cease
Stop, cease, finish; in the active, make stop, keep from.
Where else “pauometha” appearspray
Pray: speak with God.
Where else “proseuchomenoi” appearsask
Ask, ask for.
Where else “aitoumenoi” appearsfill
To occupy something completely, leaving no gap.
Where else “plērōthēte” appearsknowledge
Knowledge: full knowledge of something or of someone, recognition.
Where else “epignōsin” appearswill
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēmatos” appearsspiritual
Given or moved by the Spirit of God.
Where else “pneumatikēi” appearswisdom
Wisdom.
Where else “sophiai” appearsunderstanding
Understanding, insight.
Where else “synesei” appears8who also made known to us your love in the Spirit.
9 · This verse (above)
10to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,
