Colossians 1:9
For 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 in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
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ASV
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,
KJV
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;
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28 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Διὰ | Dia | Because of | G1223 → |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → |
| ἡμεῖς, | hēmeis | we ourselves | G3165 → |
| ἀφ᾽ | aph᾽ | from | G575 → |
| ἧς | hēs | the | G3739 → |
| ἡμέρας | hēmeras | day | G2250 → |
| ἠκούσαμεν, | ēkousamen | we heard, | G191 → |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → |
| παυόμεθα | pauometha | cease | G3973 → |
| ὑπὲρ | huper | for | G5228 → |
| ὑμῶν | humōn | you | G4771 → |
| προσευχόμενοι | proseuchomenoi | praying | G4336 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| αἰτούμενοι | aitoumenoi | asking | G154 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| πληρωθῆτε | plērōthēte | you may be filled with | G4137 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| ἐπίγνωσιν | epignōsin | knowledge | G1922 → |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → |
| θελήματος | thelēmatos | will | G2307 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of Him | G846 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| πάσῃ | pasē | all | G3956 → |
| σοφίᾳ | sophia | wisdom | G4678 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| συνέσει | sunesei | in understanding | G4907 → |
| πνευματικῇ | pneumatikēa | spiritual | G4152 → |
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