Colossians 1:9-12 For this cause, ever since we heard of it, we incessantly pray for you, requesting that you may be endued with respect to the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual discernment:

Mace⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ For this cause, ever since we heard of it, we incessantly pray for you, requesting that you may be endued with respect to the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual discernment: ¹⁰ that your conduct may be worthy of the Lord, in every respect agreeable to him, being friutful in every kind of virtue, and increasing in divine knowledge: ¹¹ being fortified in so effectual a manner, as to sustain your trials with constancy and joy: ¹² giving thanks to the father, who has qualified you to share in that light he affords to his people: