Colossians 1:3-9 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying about you,

ACV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying about you, ⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love toward all the sanctified, ⁵ because of the hope being reserved for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good news ⁶ being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth. ⁷ Just as also ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow bondman, who is a faithful helper of the Christ for you, ⁸ the man who also made clear to us your love in spirit. ⁹ Because of this we also, from the day that we heard, cease not praying for you and making request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.