ACC ~ Colossians 1 v9a

A GENTLE HINT. CHRYSOSTOM: Not for one day do we pray for you, nor yet for two, nor three. By this Paul both shows his love and gives them a gentle hint that they had not yet arrived at the end. For the words “that you may be filled” signify this. … He says, “that you may be filled,” rather than “that you may receive,” because in fact they had already received. “That you may be filled” refers to what they were still lacking. Thus Paul rebukes without giving offense and praises without producing laziness in them, as though they were already complete. HOMILIES ON COLOSSIANS 2.

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul’s prayer is his way of building on the fundamentals of belief already taught to the Colossians, so that faith will be extended to practice, to right actions. COMMENTARY ON COLOSSIANS.

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