Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Paul, an apostle of Christ
Jesus by
the will of God, and Timothy
our
brother,
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ
through
the will of God, and Timotheus
the
brother,
To the saints and faithful brothers
in Christ at
Colossae
: Grace and
peace
to you from God our Father .
to the saints in
Colossae,
and to
the
faithful brethren
in Christ: Grace to 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
the God
and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always
praying
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 that
`is'
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
because
of
the hope that
is
laid
up for you in the
heavens
, which ye
heard of
before
in the word of the
truth of
the good
news,
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
present
to you ,
as
also
in
all the world ,
and
is bearing fruit, as also
in
you ,
from
the day in
which
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
,
as
ye
also
learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow -
servant, who is for
you
a faithful ministrant
of the
Christ,
and
who also informed
us of
your love in the Spirit.
who also did
declare
to
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,
Because
of
this, we
also,
from
the day in
which
we heard, do
not cease
praying for you ,
and asking that
ye
may
be
filled
with the full
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,
to
your
walking
worthily
of the Lord to
all
pleasing,
in every good work being
fruitful
, and
increasing
to
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
in
all might
being
made
mighty
according to the
power
of
His glory
, to
all
endurance
and long-suffering
with
joy.
giving thanks to the Father ,
who has
qualified
you
to
share
in
the inheritance of the saints in the light .
Giving thanks to the Father who did
make
us
meet
for
the participation
of
the
inheritance of the saints in the light ,
He
has
rescued
us from
the dominion
of darkness and brought
us into the kingdom
of His
beloved
Son,
who
did
rescue
us out
of
the authority
of the
darkness ,
and did
translate
`
us '
into the reign
of the
Son of
His
love
,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins .
in whom we have the
redemption through
his
blood
, the forgiveness of the
sins ,
The
Son
is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn
over
all creation .
who
is the image of the invisible God, first-born
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 .
because
in him were
the
all things created, those
in the
heavens,
and those
upon
the
earth, those
visible ,
and those
invisible, whether thrones ,
whether
lordships,
whether
principalities,
whether
authorities ;
all things through him ,
and for him ,
have
been
created,
He
is before all things
, and in
Him
all things hold
together
.
and
himself
is before all, and the
all things in
him
have
consisted
.
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 himself
is the head of the body --
the assembly
--
who
is a
beginning ,
a
first-born
out
of
the dead, that he
might
become
in all `
things '
--
himself
--
first,
For
God
was
pleased
to
have
all
His
fullness
dwell
in Him,
because
in him it
did
please
all
the
fulness
to
tabernacle
,
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 the
all things to
himself
--
having
made
peace through the blood of his cross --
through
him,
whether
the
things
upon
the
earth,
whether
the
things
in
the
heavens
.
Once
you were
alienated from
God
and were
hostile
in your
minds
, engaging
in evil deeds.
And
you --
once
being
alienated ,
and enemies
in the
mind
, in the
evil works,
yet
now
did
he
reconcile,
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 the
death ,
to present you holy, and
unblemished, and unblameable
before
himself,
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 also
ye
remain
in the
faith, being
founded
and settled
, and
not moved away
from the hope of the good
news,
which
ye
heard, which was
preached
in
all
the
creation
that
`is'
under the
heaven, of which I became
--
I
Paul --
a ministrant
.
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.
I now
rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do
fill up the
things
lacking
of
the
tribulations
of
the
Christ
in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,
I became
its
servant
by
the commission
God gave
me
to
fully
proclaim
to you the word of God,
of
which
I --
I
did
become
a
ministrant
according
to
the dispensation
of
God ,
that
was
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 .
the secret
that hath
been
hid
from
the
ages and from
the
generations ,
but now was
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 did
will
to make known what
`is'
the riches of the
glory
of
this secret
among
the
nations
--
which is Christ in you, the hope of the
glory ,
We proclaim Him
, admonishing
and teaching everyone
with
all wisdom, so
that we may present everyone
perfect in Christ .
whom
we proclaim, 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.
for
which
also I
labour
, striving according
to
his working that
is
working
in
me in
power
.
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