Colossians 1:9–12
Paul tells what he asks for the Colossians: knowledge, strength and gratitude
Study it word by word9For 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,
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,
11being strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory for all endurance and patience, with joy
12giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for the share of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
In its context
7just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of the Messiah on behalf of us,
8who also made known to us your love in the Spirit.
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13He rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,
14in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Its words in the original
- ἡμέραςhēmeras· day
Day. "In the days of" someone: in their time.
- ἠκούσαμενēkousamen· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- παυόμεθαpauometha· stop, cease
Stop, cease, finish; in the active, make stop, keep from.
- προσευχόμενοιproseuchomenoi· pray
Pray: speak with God.
- αἰτούμενοιaitoumenoi· ask
Ask, ask for.
- πληρωθῆτεplērōthēte· fulfill, fill
Fill; fulfill: bring about what a word announced.
- ἐπίγνωσινepignōsin· knowledge
Knowledge: full knowledge of something or of someone, recognition.
- θελήματοςthelēmatos· will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
- σοφίᾳsophiai· wisdom
Wisdom.
- συνέσειsynesei· understanding
Understanding, insight.
- πνευματικῇpneumatikēi· spiritual
Spiritual: coming from the Spirit or belonging to him.
- περιπατῆσαιperipatēsai· walk
Walk; also live in a certain way.
- ἀξίωςaxiōs· worthily
In a worthy manner; as is fitting.
- κυρίουkyriou· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἀρεσκείανareskeian· pleasing
Pleasing, what pleases another.
- ἔργῳergōi· work
Work, deed, what someone does.
- ἀγαθῷagathōi· good
Good.
- καρποφοροῦντεςkarpophorountes· bear fruit
Bear fruit.
- αὐξανόμενοιauxanomenoi· grow, increase
Grow, increase; make grow.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- δυνάμειdynamei· power, mighty work
Power, strength, ability. In the plural, works of power: miracles.
- δυναμούμενοιdynamoumenoi· strengthen
Strengthen, fill with power.
- κράτοςkratos· power, might
Power, might, strength; a mighty deed.
- δόξηςdoxēs· glory
Glory: splendor, honor, the weight of God's presence.
- ὑπομονὴνhypomonēn· endurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
- μακροθυμίανmakrothymian· patience
Patience: bearing with others for a long time without anger.
- χαρᾶςcharas· joy
Joy, gladness.
- εὐχαριστοῦντεςeucharistountes· give thanks
Give thanks.
- πατρὶpatri· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- ἱκανώσαντιhikanōsanti· make sufficient, qualify
Make sufficient; qualify, make fit.
- μερίδαmerida· part, share
Part, share, portion; also a district.
- κλήρουklērou· lot, share
Lot (what is cast to decide something); also the share one receives.
- ἁγίωνhagiōn· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- φωτίphōti· light
Light.