Colossians 1:9
Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church
1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Colossians 1:22
1:22 but now he has reconciled you
by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –
Colossians 1:28
1:28 We proclaim him by instructing
and teaching
all people
with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature
in Christ.