Colossians 1:4-11

4For we heard of your trust in Messiah Yeshua and the love you have for all the kedoshim

5because of the hope stored up for you in heaven. You heard before about this hope in the true message of the Good News

6that has come to you. In all the world this Good News is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has in you since you first heard it and came to truly know God’s grace.

7You learned it from Epaphras—our dearly loved fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Messiah on our behalf.

8He also made clear to us your love in the Ruach.

9For this reason also, ever since we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking God that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding—

10to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.

11We pray that you may be strengthened with all the power that comes from His glorious might, for you to have all kinds of patience and steadfastness. With joy