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  • **For I want you to know ** - "For I, Paul, want you Colossian believers to know"
  • how great a struggle I have had for you - Paul has exerted much effort to their purity and understanding of the gospel.
  • those at Laodicea - This was a city very close to Colossae where there was also a church for which Paul was praying.
  • **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".
  • that their hearts - "that all the believers' hearts who had never seen Paul in person"
  • **brought together​ ** - Brought together in a real close relationship. It can also be translated as "knit together" or "brought closely together".
  • come from confidently understanding - Having assurance in knowing these things.
  • the mystery of God - This is knowledge that can only be revealed by God.​
  • that is, Christ - Jesus Christ is the mystery revealed by God.
  • hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge - Great riches or wealth of wisdom and knowledge
  • 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.
  • are in him - The word “him” refers to Christ.