Colossians
1:9-14 (NRSV)
9For
this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and
asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of GodŐs will in all spiritual
wisdom and understanding, 10so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord,
fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in
the knowledge of God.11May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his
glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience,
while joyfully
12giving thanks to the
Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the
light. 13He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us
into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14in whom we have
redemption, the forgiveness of sins.