We do not cease praying for you

and asking that you may be filled
with the knowledge of God’s will
through all spiritual wisdom and understanding
to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,

so as to be fully pleasing,
in every good work bearing fruit
and growing in the knowledge of God,

strengthened with every power,
in accord with his glorious might,
for all endurance and patience,

with joy giving thanks to the Father,
who has made you fit to share
in the inheritance of the holy ones in light.
Colossians 1:9b-12