^{5 Ref} because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

^{6 Ref} which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as `it doth' in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

^{7 Ref} even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

^{8 Ref} who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

^{9 Ref} For this cause we also, since the day we heard `it', do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

^{10 Ref} to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;