the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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因 此 ， 我 们 自 从 听 见 的 日 子 ， 也 就 为 你 们 不 住 的 祷 告 祈 求 ， 愿 你 们 在 一 切 属 灵 的 智 慧 悟 性 上 ， 满 心 知 道 神 的 旨 意 ；
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
since: Colossians 1:3, Colossians 1:4, Colossians 1:6, Romans 1:8-10, Ephesians 1:15, Ephesians 1:16
do: 1 Samuel 12:23, Acts 12:5, Philippians 1:4, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 2 Thessalonians 1:11, 2 Timothy 1:3, 2 Timothy 1:4, Philemon 1:4
that ye: 1 Corinthians 1:5, Ephesians 1:15-20, Ephesians 3:14-19, Philippians 1:9-11
of his: Colossians 4:12, Psalms 143:10, John 7:17, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 5:10, Ephesians 5:17, Ephesians 6:6, Hebrews 10:36, Hebrews 13:21, 1 Peter 2:15, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 John 2:17
wisdom: Colossians 3:16, Colossians 4:5, Psalms 119:99, Ephesians 1:8, James 1:5, James 3:17
spiritual: 1 John 5:20
Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:8 - wisdom Ecclesiastes 2:26 - wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:19 - General Ecclesiastes 8:5 - a wise Song of Solomon 4:16 - the spices Isaiah 11:2 - the spirit of wisdom Ezekiel 28:12 - full Daniel 1:17 - God Matthew 6:10 - Thy will Matthew 10:16 - wise Matthew 15:10 - Hear Acts 6:4 - prayer Romans 1:9 - I make Romans 6:4 - even Romans 16:19 - yet 1 Corinthians 2:15 - he that 2 Corinthians 6:6 - knowledge Ephesians 1:17 - the spirit Ephesians 5:15 - walk Colossians 2:2 - to the Colossians 2:3 - In whom Colossians 4:2 - Continue 1 Thessalonians 4:3 - this 2 Timothy 2:7 - and James 5:16 - pray 2 Peter 1:5 - knowledge
Cross-References
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit was moving over the water.
God named the light "day" and the darkness "night." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day.
Then God said, "Let there be something to divide the water in two."
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened.
Then God said, "Let the earth produce plants—some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened.
God blessed them and said, "Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
God said, "Look, I have given you all the plants that have grain for seeds and all the trees whose fruits have seeds in them. They will be food for you.
God stretches the northern sky out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For this cause we also,.... Not merely for their love to the apostle, and the rest that were with him; which sense is too much contracted, and carries some appearance of meanness and selfishness; but because of their faith in Christ, their love to all the saints, and the good hope they had of eternal happiness; and because they had heard the Gospel, and truly knew it, and sincerely professed it: therefore,
since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire; which shows that the apostles prayed without ceasing; not that they were every moment praying, without intermission, but that they were frequent and constant every day at the throne of grace; and as often as they were there, they were mindful of these Colossians, even ever since they heard of their reception of the Gospel, of their profession of it, and of the fruit it brought forth in them; and in their petitions "prayed" and "desired", earnestly and importunately entreated God on their behalf:
that ye might he filled with the knowledge of his will; the will "of God", as the Syriac version reads it, by which is meant, not the secret will of God, according to the counsel of which he does all things in nature, providence, and grace, but his revealed will; and that either as it is signified in the law, which declares the good, and perfect, and acceptable will of God, relating to what he would have done, or avoided by his creatures; or rather, as it is exhibited in the Gospel, which contains the will of God respecting the salvation of his chosen ones; as that it is his will that Christ should obtain eternal redemption for them, to do which he voluntarily substituted himself in their room, came into this world, and has accomplished it; and that all those that are redeemed by Christ should be regenerated by the Spirit; and that whoever sees the Son, and believes in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life; as also, that all those whom he has chosen in Christ, and given to him, and he has redeemed by his blood, and who are sanctified by his Spirit, none of them should be lost, but that they should be all saved with an everlasting salvation. Now the apostle does, not pray that they might have a "knowledge" of this will of God, for some knowledge of it they had already; they had heard of the hope laid up in heaven, in the truth of the word of the Gospel; they had not only had the external, revelation, and had heard the Gospel outwardly preached, but they had known truly the grace of God; and therefore what he asks for is, that they might be "filled" with the knowledge of it; which supposes that they had knowledge, but it was not full and complete; it was imperfect, as is the knowledge of the best of saints in this life; and that they might have a larger measure of it, and such a fulness of it as they were capable of in the present state, and not such an one as the saints will have in heaven, when they shall know even as they are known. He adds,
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; his meaning is, that they might be led into all the wisdom of God, which is so largely displayed in the revelation of his will concerning the salvation of his people, which is made in the Gospel; which is the manifold wisdom of God, wherein he has abounded in all wisdom and prudence; and contains such a scheme of things, so wisely contrived and formed, that angels desire to look into it; and that they might have a "spiritual understanding" of the mysteries of grace, without which they cannot be discerned to spiritual advantage, nor indeed without the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of them: and the Ethiopic version renders it, by "the prudence of the Holy Ghost": who searches the deep things of God, and reveals them to the saints, and improves and increases their spiritual and experimental knowledge of them, which is what is here intended.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Do not cease to pray for you - Colossians 1:3. The progress which they had already made, and the love which they had shown, constituted an encouragement for prayer, and a reason why higher blessings still should be sought. We always feel stimulated and encouraged to pray for those who are doing well.
That ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will - They had shown by their faith and love that they were disposed to do his will, and the apostle now prays that they might be fully acquainted with what he would have them do. He offered a similar prayer in behalf of the Ephesians; see the parallel place in Ephesians 1:17-19, and the notes at those verses.
In all wisdom - That you may be truly wise in all things; Ephesians 1:17.
And spiritual understanding - In understanding those things that pertain to the “Spirit;” that is, those things taught by the Holy Spirit, and those which he produces in the work of salvation; see the notes at 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; compare 1 John 2:20; 1 John 5:20.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. For this cause — See on Ephesians 1:15-16(note), where the same sentiment occurs.
That ye might be filled — Nothing could satisfy the apostle, either for himself or his hearers, but the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of peace. The Colossians had knowledge, but they must have more; it is their privilege to be filled with it. As the bright shining of the sun in the firmament of heaven fills the whole world with light and heat, so the light of the Sun of righteousness is to illuminate their whole souls, and fill them with Divine splendour, so that they might know the will of God, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; in a word, that they might have such a knowledge of Divine things as the Spirit of truth can teach to the soul of man.
