Colossians 1:9

Modern English Version

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Cross References

Psalm 119:99

I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

John 7:17

If any man desires to do His will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison. But the church prayed to God without ceasing for him.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and complete will of God.

1 Corinthians 1:5

By Him you are enriched in everything, in all speech and in all knowledge,

Ephesians 1:8

which He lavished on us in all wisdom and insight,

Ephesians 5:10

proving what is pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 6:6

not serving when eyes are on you as pleasing men, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Philippians 1:4

In every prayer of mine for you all, I have always made requests with joy,

Colossians 1:6

which has come to you, as it has in all the world, and brings forth fruit, as it has also in you, since the day you heard it and knew the grace of God in truth.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras greets you. He is one of you, a servant of Christ, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand mature and complete in the entire will of God.

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, wisely using the opportunity.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our Father.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray without ceasing.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

Therefore we always pray for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling and with power fulfill all your good desires and works done by faith,

Philemon 1:4

I thank my God, always mentioning you in my prayers,

Philemon 1:6

that the sharing of your faith may be most effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you from Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need patience, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive the promise.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

1 Peter 2:15

For it is the will of God that by doing right you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

1 Peter 4:2

so that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh serving human desires, but the will of God.

1 John 2:17

The world and its desires are passing away, but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true —His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. But I will teach you the good and the right way.