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Col. 4:12
Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a bondservant of Christ,
greets you, always laboring fervently for you in
prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the
will of God.
Laboring fervently
[ajgwnivzomai]
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to enter a
contest: to contend with adversaries, fight; metaph. to
contend, struggle, with difficulties and dangers, to
endeavour with strenuous zeal, strive: to obtain something
Stand
[2476] (i{sthmi)
metaphorically, to stand firm, take a position
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Ephesians
6:11-14 Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be
able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the world's
rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. 13 Therefore take to yourselves
the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
withstand (stand against) [in the evil day, and
having done all, to stand. 14 Therefore
stand, having your loins girded about with truth,
and having on the breastplate of righteousness
Perfect
[5046] (tevleioV)
signifies having
reached its end (telos), finished; with ethical import,
fully grown, mature
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Eph 4:13 till we
all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the
measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
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Col 1:28 Him we
preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all
wisdom, that we may present every man perfect
in Christ Jesus.
Complete
- Filled [4137] (plhrovw)
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Ephesians
3:17-19 that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that
you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to
comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length
and depth and height, 19 and to know the love of Christ
which passes knowledge, that you might be filled
with all the fullness of God.
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Col. 1:9 For this
reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to
pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled
with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding;
Will of God
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Col. 1:9-11 For
this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease
to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled
with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the
Lord, fully pleasing [Him], being fruitful in every good
work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11
strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
I covenant to enter into the
spiritual battle by laboring fervently in prayer for
YOU that you may stand perfect and complete in all
the will of God.
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