Colossians 1:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and None understanding,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἀφʼ ἧς ἡμέρας ἠκούσαμεν, οὐ παυόμεθα ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν προσευχόμενοι, καὶ αἰτούμενοι ἵνα πληρωθῆτε τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ συνέσει πνευματικῇ·

Transliteration

Because of this also we, from which hēmeras we ēkousamen, not pauometha hyper you proseuchomenoi, and aitoumenoi that you might be plērōthēte the epignōsin of the thelēmatos of him in all sofia and synesei pneumatikē;

Grammar Details

• *hēmeras*: genitive, feminine, singular - day, temporal
• *ēkousamen*: aorist, active, indicative, 1st person plural - we heard
• *pauometha*: present, middle, indicative, 1st person plural - we cease
• *hyper*: preposition with genitive - on behalf of
• *proseuchomenoi*: present, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - praying
• *aitoumenoi*: present, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - asking/requesting
• *plērōthēte*: aorist, passive, subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might be filled
• *epignōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - full knowledge, direct object
• *thelēmatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - will, possessive
• *sofia*: dative, feminine, singular - wisdom, sphere/means
• *synesei*: dative, feminine, singular - understanding, sphere/means
• *pneumatikē*: dative, feminine, singular - spiritual, modifier

Word Meanings

• *pauometha*: cease/stop/desist
• *proseuchomenoi*: praying/petitioning in prayer
• *aitoumenoi*: asking/requesting/petitioning
• *plērōthēte*: might be filled/fulfilled/completed
• *epignōsin*: full knowledge/recognition/acknowledgment
• *thelēmatos*: will/desire/purpose
• *sofia*: wisdom/insight/skill
• *synesei*: understanding/intelligence/insight
• *pneumatikē*: spiritual/of the Spirit

Referenced Verses

• Col 4:5 : 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
• Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first {G3303} pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, {G2532} without hypocrisy.
• 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
• Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
• 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 pray without ceasing;
• Phlm 1:4 : 4 I thank my God always, making mention of thee in my prayers,
• Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
• 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
• 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
• Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
• Eph 1:8 : 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
• Eph 1:15-20 : 15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints, 16 cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, {G2532} what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
• Rom 12:2 : 2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
• Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
• Phil 1:4 : 4 always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,
• Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; 10 so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ; 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Col 1:3-4 : 3 We give thanks to God {G2532} the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,
• Col 1:6 : 6 which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
• Eph 6:6 : 6 not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
• 1 Cor 1:5 : 5 that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
• Eph 3:14-19 : 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
• Eph 5:10 : 10 proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
• John 7:17 : 17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
• Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
• 2 Tim 1:3-4 : 3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day 4 longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
• Rom 1:8-9 : 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers 10 making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.
• Acts 12:5 : 5 Peter therefore {G3303} was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.