Paul's Prayer for the Colossians

Paul never stopped praying that the Colossians would be filled with the knowledge of God's will, walk worthy of the Lord, and be strengthened for patience with joy.

Paul had heard of the Colossians' faith and love through Epaphras, their faithful minister. From the day he heard, he writes with Timothy, they have not ceased to pray for the church. They ask that the believers might be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that they might walk worthy of the Lord, bear fruit in every good work, and keep growing in the knowledge of God. They pray that the Colossians would be strengthened with all might according to God's glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness, giving thanks to the Father who has made them fit to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

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Category: Intercession
Prayed by: Paul

Key Chapters

Colossians 1 The Supremacy of Christ 4 min read Paul's prayer links knowing God's will with living a fruitful, patient, joyful, ...

Key Passages

Filled with the Knowledge of His Will

Colossians 1:9-12

Paul's prayer links knowing God's will with living a fruitful, patient, joyful, and thankful life.

F⁹or this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹⁰ That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹ Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; ¹² Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: