Colossians 1:1-2, 7-11 (Epistle)
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- Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
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- to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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- as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,
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- who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
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- 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;
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- that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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- strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;