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5 because of the hope that is being reserved for you in the heavens, of which you have already heard through the Word of the Truth
6 (the Gospel that has come to you just as also in all the world, where it is producing fruit and growing just as also among you, from the day in which you heard about and truly understood God’s grace),
7 even as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
8 who also reported to us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this very reason, since the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the real knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
10 in order for you to walk worthily of the Lord, pleasing Him in every way, being fruitful in every good work and growing into the real knowledge of God;