For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
(Colossians 1:5)Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
(Colossians 1:6)As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
(Colossians 1:7)Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
(Colossians 1:9)That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
(Colossians 1:10)Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(Galatians 5:22)Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
(Colossians 1:4)And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
(Romans 5:5)Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
(1 Peter 1:22)Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
(Romans 15:30)For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
(2 Timothy 1:7)