Colossians 1:9

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

For this cause we also sence the daye we herde of it have not ceasyd prayinge for you and desyringe that ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdome and spretuall vnderstodynge

📖 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 Walke wysely to them that are with out and redeme ye tyme.
• Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is fyrst pure then peasable gentle and easy to be entreated full of mercy and good frutes without iudgynge and without simulacio:
• 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men:
• Heb 13:21 : 21 make you parfect in all good workes to do his will workynge in you yt which is pleasaut in his syght thorow Iesus christ To whom be prayse for ever whill the worlde endureth Amen.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 Yf eny of you lacke wysdome let him axe of God which geveth to all men indifferentlie and casteth no man in the teth: and it shal be geven him.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Wherfore we praye all wayes for you that oure god make you worthy of the callynge and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes and the worke of fayth with power:
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdome. Teache and exhorte youre awne selves in psalmes and hymnes and spretuall songes which have favour wt them syngynge in youre hertes to the LORde.
• Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwyse but vnderstonde what the will of the Lorde is
• Phil 1:4 : 4 all wayes in all my prayers for you and praye with gladnes
• Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And this I praye yt youre love maye increace more and more in knowledge and in all fealinge 10 that ye myght accepte thinges most excellent that ye myght be pure and soche as shuld hurte no manes conscience vntyll the daye of Christ 11 filled with the frutes of rightewesnes which frutes come by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and laude of God.
• Col 1:3-4 : 3 We geve thankes to God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ alwayes prayenge for you 4 sence we hearde of youre faith which ye have in Christ Iesu and of the love which ye beare to all sayntes
• Col 1:6 : 6 which is come vnto you eve as it is in to all ye worlde and is frutefull as it is amoge you fro the fyrst daye in ye which ye herde of it and had experiece in ye grace of God in the trueth
• Rom 12:2 : 2 And fassion not youre selves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre shape by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good yt acceptable and perfaycte will of god is.
• Eph 1:8 : 8 which grace he shed on vs aboundantly in all wisdome and perceavaunce.
• Eph 1:15-20 : 15 Wherfore even I (after that I hearde of the fayth which ye have in the LORde Iesu and love vnto all the saynctes) 16 cease not to geve thankes for you makynge mencion of you in my prayers 17 that ye God of oure LORde Iesus Christ and the father of glory myght geve vnto you the sprete of wisdome and open to you the knowledge of him silfe 18 and lighten the eyes of youre myndes yt ye myght knowe what that hope is where vnto he hath called you and what the riches of his glorious inheritaunce is apon the sainctes 19 and what is the excedynge greatnes of his power to vs warde which beleve accordynge to the workynge of that his mighty power 20 which he wrought in Christ when he raysed him from deeth and set him on his right honde in hevenly thynges
• Phlm 1:4 : 4 I thake my God makinge mencio all wayes of the in my prayers
• Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye have nede of paciece that after ye have done ye will of god ye myght receave the promes.
• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras the servaut of Christ which is one of you saluteth you and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers that ye maye stonde perfect and full in all that is the will of God.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 with out ceasynge and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faythe and labour in love and perseveraunce in the hope of oure LORde Iesus Christ in the sight of God oure father:
• 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 Praye cotinually.
• 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 that he hence forwarde shuld lyve as moche tyme as remayneth in the flesshe: not after ye lustes of men but after the will of God.
• 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the worlde vannyssheth awaye and the lust therof: but he that fulfilleth the will of god abydeth ever.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geven vs a mynde to knowe him which is true: and we are in him that is true through his sonne Iesu Christ. This same is very god and eternall lyfe.
• 2 Tim 1:3-4 : 3 I thanke god whom I serve from myne elders with pure consciece that with out ceasynge I make mencion of the in my prayres nyght and daye 4 desyrynge to se the myndfull of thy teares: so that I am filled with ioye
• Eph 3:14-19 : 14 For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORde Iesus Christ 15 which is father over all that ys called father In heven and in ert 16 that he wolde graunt you acordynge to the ryches of his glory that ye maye be strenghted with myght by his sprete in the inner man 17 yt Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by fayth yt ye beynge roted and grounded in loue 18 myght be able to comprehende with all sayntes what ys that bredth aud length deepth and heyth: 19 and to knowe what is the love of Christ which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fulnes which commeth of God.
• Eph 5:10 : 10 Accept that which is pleasinge to the Lorde:
• 1 Cor 1:5 : 5 that in all thinges ve are made riche by him in all lerninge and in all knowledge
• John 7:17 : 17 If eny man will do his will he shall knowe of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speake of my selfe.
• Eph 6:6 : 6 not wt service in ye eye sight as men pleasars: but as the servautes of Christ doynge ye will of God fro the herte
• Rom 1:8-9 : 8 Fyrst verely I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all because youre fayth is publisshed through out all the worlde. 9 For God is my witnes whom I serve with my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne that with out ceasinge I make mencion of you alwayes in my prayers 10 besechinge that at one tyme or another a prosperous iorney (by ye will of god) myght fortune me to come vnto you.
• Acts 12:5 : 5 Then was Peter kepte in preson. But prayer was made with out ceasynge of the congregacion vnto God for him.