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A Prayer for Full Knowledge
Commentators highlight that Paul prays for believers to be 'filled' with a deep and accurate knowledge ('epignosis') of God's will. This isn't just basic information but a comprehensive understanding that should pervade a believer's thoughts and plans. Christian growth doesn't stop at initial faith but continues into a fuller grasp of God's desires for us.
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Colossians
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Albert Barnes
On Colossians 1:9
18th Century
Theologian
Do not cease to pray for you (Colossians 1:3). The progress they had already made, and the love they had shown, constituted an…
AT Robertson
On Colossians 1:9
That ye may be filled with (ινα πληρωθητε). First aorist (effective) passive subjunctive of πληροω, to fill full.
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Charles Ellicott
On Colossians 1:9
19th Century
Bishop
Do not cease to pray for you.—Compare to Ephesians 1:16. “To pray” (Philippians 4:6) is the general word for “to worsh…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Colossians 1:1–14
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Colossians 1:9
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…
John Calvin
On Colossians 1:9
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Colossians 1:9
17th Century
Pastor
For this cause we also
Not merely for their love to the apostle, and the rest that were with him; which sense is too…
Matthew Henry
On Colossians 1:9–14
17th Century
Minister
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…