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Colossians 1:9

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;

KJV

Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέρας ἠκούσαμεν, οὐ παυόμεθα ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν προσευχόμενοι καὶ αἰτούμενοι ἵνα πληρωθῆτε τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ συνέσει πνευματικῇ,

Greek NT

Ideo et nos ex qua die audivimus, non cessamus pro vobis orantes, et postulantes ut impleamini agnitione voluntatis ejus, in omni sapientia et intellectu spiritali :

Vulgate

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

ASV

Therefore we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you and to beg that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

25 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
θέλημα
thelema
noun · 62×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παύω
pauo
verb · 15×
πληρόω
pleroo
verb · 86×
πνευματικός
pneumatikos
adjective · 26×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σοφία
sophia
noun · 51×
σύνεσις
sunesis
noun · 7×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπίγνωσις
epignosis
noun · 20×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Is it fitting for God to become incarnate? Was it necessary for the restoration of the human race? If there had been no sin, would God have become incarnate? Did He become incarnate to take away original sin rather than actual? Was it fitting for God to become incarnate from the beginning of the world? Should His Incarnation have been deferred to the end of the world? Article 1…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:5 — That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
  • 1Cor 1:5 — That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
  • 1Cor 2:15 — But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
  • 1John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
  • 1John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
  • 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
  • 1Pet 2:15 — For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
  • 1Pet 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
  • 1Sam 12:23 — Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
  • 1Sam 12:23 — Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
  • 1Thess 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
  • 1Thess 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
  • 1Thess 5:17 — Pray without ceasing.
  • 2Cor 6:6 — By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
  • 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • 2Tim 1:3 — I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
  • 2Tim 2:7 — Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
  • Acts 6:4 — But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
  • Acts 12:5 — Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
  • Col 1:3 — We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
  • Col 1:3 — We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
  • Col 1:4 — Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
  • Col 1:6 — Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
  • Col 2:3 — In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Col 4:2 — Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
  • Col 4:5 — Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
  • Col 4:12 — Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
  • Col 4:12 — Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
  • Dan 1:17 — As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
  • Eccl 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This a
  • Eccl 7:19 — Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
  • Eph 1:8 — Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
  • Eph 1:15 — Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
  • Eph 1:16 — Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
  • Eph 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
  • Eph 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,