8 and he also informed us of your alove in the Spirit.

9 For this reason also, asince the day we heard of it, bwe have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the cknowledge of His will in all spiritual dwisdom and understanding,

10 so that you will awalk in a manner worthy of the Lord, bto please Him in all respects, cbearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 astrengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; bjoyously

12 giving thanks to athe Father, who has qualified us to share in bthe inheritance of the saints in cLight.

13 For He rescued us from the adomain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of bHis beloved Son,

14 ain whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.