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Paul, an apostle of Christ
Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy
our brother,
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the will of God, and Timotheus
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 which
are
at Colosse
: Grace be
unto
you,
and peace ,
from God our Father and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
We always
thank
God ,
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when
we
pray
for you,
We give
thanks
to
God and
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 —
Since
we heard of
your faith in Christ Jesus ,
and of
the
love which
ye
have
to
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
For
the hope which
is
laid
up for you in heaven, 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 ,
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:
You
learned it
from
Epaphras ,
our beloved
fellow
servant
, who is a faithful minister of Christ on
our
behalf,
As
ye
also
learned of
Epaphras our dear
fellowservant
, who is for
you
a faithful minister of Christ ;
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
for you ,
and to desire
that
ye
might
be
filled
with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual
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 ,
That ye
might
walk worthy of the Lord unto
all
pleasing,
being
fruitful
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 might,
according to his glorious power
, unto
all
patience
and longsuffering
with
joyfulness;
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, which
hath
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
hath
delivered
us from the power
of darkness ,
and hath
translated
us into the kingdom of his dear
Son :
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins .
In whom we have redemption through
his
blood
, even
the forgiveness of 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
every
creature:
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 by
him were
all things created, that
are
in heaven ,
and that
are
in
earth, visible and invisible, whether they
be
thrones ,
or dominions ,
or principalities,
or powers:
all things were created by
him ,
and for him :
He is before all things, and in
Him all things hold
together
.
And
he is before all things, and by
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
pleased the
Father
that
in him should
all
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 ,
having
made
peace
through the
blood
of
his
cross,
by
him to reconcile all things unto
himself;
by
him
, I
say,
whether they
be
things in
earth ,
or things in heaven.
Once
you were alienated from
God
and were
hostile
in your minds
, engaging
in
evil
deeds.
And
you ,
that
were sometime
alienated and enemies
in your mind
by
wicked
works
, yet
now
hath
he
reconciled
But
now
He
has
reconciled
you
by
Christ’s
physical
body through death to present you holy ,
unblemished,
and blameless
in His presence—
In
the
body of
his
flesh
through death ,
to present you holy and unblameable
and
unreproveable
in his sight:
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 ye
continue in the
faith grounded
and settled
, and
be
not moved away
from the hope of the gospel ,
which
ye
have
heard, and
which was
preached
to every creature which
is
under heaven ;
whereof
I Paul am
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 .
Who
now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that
which
is
behind
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 am
made
a
minister,
according
to
the dispensation
of
God which
is
given
to me
for
you ,
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
from
ages and from
generations ,
but now is
made
manifest
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 would
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 preach
, warning
every
man,
and teaching every
man
in
all wisdom ;
that we may present every
man
perfect in Christ Jesus:
To
this
end
I also labor
, striving with
all
His energy
working powerfully
within
me.
Whereunto
I also labour
, striving according
to
his working ,
which
worketh
in
me mightily
.
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