Colossians 1:9
For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,This verse in the real world
In what words
- παύωpaúōto stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
- ἐπίγνωσιςepígnōsisrecognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement
- πνευματικόςpneumatikósnon-carnal, i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (dæmoniacally) a spirit (con
- σοφίαsophíawisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual)
- θέλημαthélēmaa determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree;
- αἰτέωaitéōto ask (in genitive case)
- προσεύχομαιproseúchomaito pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship
- πληρόωplēróōto make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jas 3:17, Php 1:9–11, Jas 1:5, Eph 1:15–20, 1Th 5:17, Col 4:5, 1Pe 2:15, Heb 13:21