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## translationWords
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* [[en:tw:christ]]
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* [[en:tw:god]]
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* [[en:tw:love]]
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* [[en:tw:wise]]
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## translationNotes
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* **For I want you to know ** - "For I, Paul, want you Colossian believers to know"
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* **how great a struggle I have had for you** - Paul has exerted much effort to their purity and understanding of the gospel.
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* **those at Laodicea** - This was a city very close to Colossae where there was also a church for which Paul was praying.
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* **as many as have not seen my face in the flesh ** - "many I have never seen personally" or "many I have never met face to face".
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* **that their hearts** - "that all the believers' hearts who had never seen Paul in person"
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* **brought together ** - Brought together in a real close relationship. It can also be translated as "knit together" or "brought closely together".
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* **come from confidently understanding** - Having assurance in knowing these things.
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* **the mystery of God** - This is knowledge that can only be revealed by God.
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* **that is, Christ** - Jesus Christ is the mystery revealed by God.
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* **hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge** - Great riches or wealth of wisdom and knowledge
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* **wisdom and knowledge** - Knowledge is knowing facts and information about something, understanding is knowing how to use that information and wisdom is knowing when to use or apply that information.
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* **are in him** - The word “him” refers to Christ.
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