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Because of this love
"Because the Holy Spirit has enabled you to love other believers"
we heard ... we have not stopped ... We pray
The word "we" does not include the Colossians.
from the day we heard this
"from the day Epaphras told us these things"
that you will be filled with the knowledge of his will
Paul speaks of the Colossian believers as though they were containers. Alternate translation: "that God will fill you with what you need to know so that you can do his will"
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding
"so that the Holy Spirit will make you wise and able to understand what God wants you to do"