6. Which is come unto you, as also it is in the whole world, and bringeth forth fruit and groweth, even as it doth in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth.
7. As you learned of Epaphras, our most beloved fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ Jesus;
8. Who also hath manifested to us your love in the spirit.
9. Therefore we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to beg that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding:
10. That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God:
11. Strengthened with all might, according to the power of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy,