Wanneer ek in my gebede aan julle dink‚
bid ek dat die God van ons Here Jesus Christus‚
die Vader aan wie die heerlikheid behoort‚
deur sy Gees aan julle wysheid gee
en Hom so aan julle openbaar dat julle Hom werklik kan ken.
Ek bid dat Hy julle geestesoë so verhelder
dat julle kan weet watter hoop sy roeping inhou‚
en watter rykdom daar is in die heerlike erfenis
wat Hy vir die gelowiges bestem het‚
en hoe geweldig groot sy krag is wat Hy uitoefen in ons wat glo.
Dit is dieselfde kragtige werking van sy mag
wat Hy uitgeoefen het toe Hy Christus uit die dood opgewek
en Hom in die hemel aan sy regterhand laat sit het.
amen – Efesiërs 1:16-20
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I have not stopped giving thanks for you‚
remembering you in my prayers.
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ‚
the glorious Father‚ may give you the Spirit
of wisdom and revelation‚ so that you may know Him better.
I pray also that the eyes of your heart
may be enlightened in order that you may know
the hope to which he has called you‚
the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints‚
and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
That power is like the working of his mighty strength‚
which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead
and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms.
amen
