That ye may be filled with (ινα πληρωθητε). First aorist (effective) passive subjunctive of πληροω, to fill full.

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Do not cease to pray for you (Colossians 1:3). The progress they had already made, and the love they had shown, constituted an…

Do not cease to pray for you.—Compare to Ephesians 1:16. “To pray” (Philippians 4:6) is the general word for “to worsh…

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colos…

The words “for this reason,” referring back to vv.3–8, show that this petitionary prayer is Paul’s response to the news that had come to him of the…

For this cause we also. As he has previously shown his affection for them in his thanksgivings, so he now shows it still further in the ea…

For this cause we also
Not merely for their love to the apostle, and the rest that were with him; which sense is too…

The apostle was constant in prayer, that the believers might be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom. Good words will not do with…

Previously, the Apostle gave the reason for his thanksgiving by mentioning the things for which he was thankful. Here, he states his prayer, showin…