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For thisreasonalso, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in allspiritualwisdom and understanding,
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so that you will walk in a mannerworthy of the Lord, to please Him in allrespects, bearingfruit in everygoodwork and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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For by Him allthings were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whetherthronesordominionsorrulersorauthorities -allthings have been createdthrough Him and for Him.
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He is alsohead of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to havefirstplace in everything.