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v3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, v4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, v5 because of the  laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the , the gospel, v6 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 of God in truth, v7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf v8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. v9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the of his will in all  and , v10 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 of ; v11 being strengthened with all , according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; v12 giving thanks to the Father, who has you to share in the of the saints in light. v13 He has us from the domain of and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, v14 in whom we have redemption, the of sins. v15  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. v16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. v17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold . v18 And he is the  (headship) of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. v19 For in him all the of God was pleased to dwell, v20 and through him to to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. v21  And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, v22 he has now in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you and and above reproach before him,…