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15 That is why since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people,
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For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
16 I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I always remember you in my prayers,
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I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
17 asking the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you will know him better.
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I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
18 I pray also that you will have greater understanding in your heart so you will know the hope to which he has called us and that you will know how rich and glorious are the blessings God has promised his holy people.
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I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
19 And you will know that God's power is very great for us who believe. That power is the same as the great strength
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and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength
20 God used to raise Christ from the dead and put him at his right side in the heavenly world.
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he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
21 God has put Christ over all rulers, authorities, powers, and kings, not only in this world but also in the next.
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far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
22 God put everything under his power and made him the head over everything for the church,
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And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
23 which is Christ's body. The church is filled with Christ, and Christ fills everything in every way.
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which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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