Colossians 1:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore, from the day we heard this, we do not cease praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding

Cross References

Psalm 119:99

I have more insight than all my teachers, because I ponder your testimonies.

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your kind spirit guide me on ground that is level.

John 7:17

Whoever chooses to do his will shall know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own.

Acts 12:5

Peter thus was being kept in prison, but prayer by the church was fervently being made to God on his behalf.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. Many Parts in One Body.

1 Corinthians 1:5

that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge,

Ephesians 1:8

that he lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight,

Ephesians 5:10

Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore, do not continue in ignorance, but try to understand what is the will of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:6

not only when being watched, as currying favor, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

Philippians 1:4

praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you,

Colossians 1:6

that has come to you. Just as in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing, so also among you, from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth,

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras sends you greetings; he is one of you, a slave of Christ [Jesus], always striving for you in his prayers so that you may be perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

Colossians 4:5

Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father,

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray without ceasing.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

To this end, we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith,

Philemon 1:4

I give thanks to my God always, remembering you in my prayers,

Philemon 1:6

so that your partnership in the faith may become effective in recognizing every good there is in us that leads to Christ. Plea for Onesimus.

Hebrews 10:36

You need endurance to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.

Hebrews 13:21

furnish you with all that is good, that you may do his will. May he carry out in you what is pleasing to him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever [and ever]. Amen.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.

1 Peter 2:15

For it is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish people.

1 Peter 4:2

so as not to spend what remains of one’s life in the flesh on human desires, but on the will of God.

1 John 2:17

Yet the world and its enticement are passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains forever. Antichrists.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 Samuel 12:23

As for me, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you and to teach you the good and right way.