“For 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;”
For this reason, because we have heard of your faith and love, we have not ceased to pray and ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding — Paul's prayer is responsive: he prays because they believe and love. 'Fill you with the knowledge' (pleroō epignōsis thelema) uses fullness-language (pleroō is crucial in Colossians): they are to be filled with divine will-knowledge. 'All spiritual wisdom and understanding' (pasa sophia pneumatike kai synesis) emphasizes comprehensive spiritual wisdom. Understanding (synesis) is practical discernment.
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