Colossians 1:9-12

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[9] For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, [10] that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; [11] strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy; [12] giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

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Colossae was a city in the Lycus Valley of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), where a Christian congregation had been established. Paul’s prayer for the Colossian believers’ spiritual wisdom, worthy conduct, and endurance addresses a church living amid the religious and cultural pressures of that region.

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Colossians 1:9-12 mentions Colossae.