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# Connecting Statement:
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Because the Spirit has enabled them to love others, Paul prays for them and tells them here how he prays for them.
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# Because of this love
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"Because the Holy Spirit has enabled you to love other believers"
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# we heard ... we have not stopped ... We have been asking ... We have been praying
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These words do not include the Colossians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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# from the day we heard this
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"from the day Epaphras told us these things"
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# that you will be filled with the knowledge of his will
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Paul speaks of the Colossian believers as though they were containers. AT: "that God will fill you with what you need to know so that you can do his will" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# in all wisdom and spiritual understanding
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", so that the Holy Spirit will make you wise and able to understand what God wants you to do"
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# that you will walk worthily of the Lord
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Walking here signifies behavior in life. AT: "that you will live the way God expects you to" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# in pleasing ways
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"in ways that will please the Lord"
# will bear fruit
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Paul is speaking of the Colossian believers as if they were trees or plants. As a plant grows and bears fruit, so also believers are to keep getting to know God better and doing good deeds. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/spirit]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worthy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lordgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pray]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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