Colossians 1:9-14 (New International Version)
9For
this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for
you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all
spiritual wisdom and understanding.
10And
we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please
him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of
God,
11being
strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have
great endurance and patience, and joyfully
12giving
thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[a]
to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
13For
he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom
of the Son he loves,
14in
whom we have redemption,[b]
the forgiveness of sins.
Footnotes:
a.
Colossians 1:12
Some manuscripts us
b.
Colossians 1:14
A few late manuscripts redemption through his blood
Ephesians 1:19 (New International Version)
19and
his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working
of his mighty strength,
John 15:5 (New International Version)
5"I
am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will
bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
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