6. which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,
7. just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf
8. and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
9. And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10. so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
11. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,