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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by
the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through
the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the saints and faithful brothers
in Christ at Colossae: Grace and
peace
to you from God our Father.
To the saints and faithful brethren
in Christ `that
are'
at Colossae: Grace to you and
peace
from God our Father.
We always
thank
God ,
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when
we
pray
for you,
We give
thanks
to
God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying
always
for you,
because
we
have
heard about
your faith in Christ Jesus and your
love for
all the saints —
having
heard of
your faith in Christ Jesus ,
and of
the
love which
ye
have
toward
all the saints ,
the
faith
and
love
proceeding
from
the hope stored
up for you in heaven
, of
which
you
have
already
heard in the word of truth ,
the gospel
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 ,
that
has
come to
you .
All over
the world this
gospel
is
bearing fruit and growing
, just
as it has
been
doing
among
you since the day you
heard it
and truly
understood
the grace of God .
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;
You
learned it
from
Epaphras ,
our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
even
as
ye
learned of
Epaphras our beloved fellow -
servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
and
who also informed
us of
your love in the Spirit.
who also declared
unto
us your love in the Spirit.
For this reason
, since the day we heard about
you
, we
have
not stopped
praying
for
you
and
asking
God
to fill
you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
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,
so
that
you
may
walk in
a
manner
worthy
of the Lord and
may
please
Him
in
every
way:
bearing fruit in every good work, growing
in the knowledge of God ,
to
walk worthily
of the Lord unto
all
pleasing,
bearing fruit in every good work, and
increasing
in the knowledge of God ;
being
strengthened with all power according to His
glorious
might so
that
you
may
have
full
endurance
and
patience
, and joyfully
strengthened with all power ,
according to the
might of
his
glory
, unto
all
patience
and longsuffering
with
joy;
giving thanks to
the Father, who has
qualified
you
to share
in
the inheritance of the saints in the
light .
giving thanks unto
the Father, who made
us
meet
to be
partakers
of
the inheritance of the saints in light ;
He
has
rescued
us from
the dominion
of darkness and brought
us into the kingdom of His
beloved
Son ,
who
delivered
us out
of
the power
of darkness ,
and translated
us into the kingdom of the
Son of
his
love;
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins .
in whom we have our
redemption, the forgiveness of our
sins :
The
Son
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over
all creation .
who
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of
all creation ;
For in Him all things were
created, things
in heaven
and on
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers
or authorities.
All things were
created through Him and for
Him .
for in him were
all things created, in the
heavens
and upon
the
earth, things
visible and things
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities
or powers;
all things have
been
created through him ,
and unto
him ;
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold
together
.
and
he is before all things, and in him all things consist
.
And He is the head of the body, the church ;
He
is the beginning and
firstborn from among
the dead ,
so
that in all things He may
have preeminence.
And he is the head of the body, the church :
who
is the beginning ,
the
firstborn from the dead ;
that in all things he might
have the
preeminence.
For God
was pleased
to
have
all
His
fullness
dwell
in Him ,
For it
was the
good
pleasure
`of
the
Father'
that
in him should
all
the
fulness
dwell;
and through Him to reconcile to
Himself
all things ,
whether
things
on
earth
or
things
in
heaven
, by
making
peace through the blood of His cross.
and through him to reconcile all things unto
himself
, having
made
peace through the blood of his cross ;
through
him,
`I
say',
whether
things
upon
the
earth,
or
things
in
the
heavens
.
Once
you were
alienated from
God
and were
hostile
in your minds,
engaging
in evil deeds.
And
you ,
being
in
time
past
alienated and enemies
in your mind
in your
evil works,
But
now He has
reconciled you
by
Christ’s
physical
body through death to present you holy ,
unblemished,
and blameless
in
His
presence—
yet
now hath
he reconciled in
the
body of
his
flesh
through death ,
to present you holy and without
blemish
and
unreproveable
before
him:
if indeed
you
continue in your
faith, established
and firm
, not moved from the hope of the gospel you
heard, which has
been
proclaimed
to
every
creature
under heaven ,
and
of
which
I ,
Paul ,
have
become
a servant
.
if so
be
that
ye
continue in the
faith, grounded
and stedfast
, and
not moved away
from the hope of the gospel which
ye
heard, which was
preached
in
all
creation
under heaven ;
whereof
I Paul was
made
a minister
.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you
, and I
fill up in
my flesh
what
is lacking in
regard
to
Christ’s
afflictions
for
the sake
of His body
, which is the church .
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your
sake
, and fill up on
my part
that
which
is lacking of
the afflictions
of Christ
in
my
flesh
for
his body's
sake
, which is the church ;
I became
its
servant
by
the commission
God gave
me to fully
proclaim
to
you the word of God,
whereof
I was
made
a
minister,
according
to
the dispensation
of
God which
was
given
me to you -ward,
to
fulfil
the word of God,
the mystery that
was
hidden
for ages and generations but is
now revealed
to His saints .
`even'
the mystery which
hath
been
hid
for ages and generations :
but now hath
it
been
manifested
to his saints ,
To them
God has
chosen
to make known among
the
Gentiles
the glorious
riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory .
to whom
God was
pleased
to make known what
is
the riches of the
glory
of
this mystery among
the
Gentiles
, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory :
We proclaim Him
, admonishing and teaching everyone
with
all wisdom, so
that we may present everyone
perfect in Christ .
whom
we proclaim, admonishing every
man
and teaching every
man
in
all wisdom, that we may present every
man
perfect in Christ ;
To
this
end
I also
labor, striving with
all
His energy
working powerfully
within
me.
whereunto
I labor also
, striving according
to
his working ,
which
worketh
in
me mightily
.
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