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Berean Standard Bible
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through
the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by
the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to
you
and peace from God our Father ,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to
you
from God our Father.
We give
thanks
to
God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying
always
for you,
We always
thank
God ,
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when
we
pray
for you,
having
heard of
your faith in Christ Jesus ,
and of
the
love which
you
have
toward
all the saints ,
because
we
have
heard about
your faith in Christ Jesus and your
love for
all the saints —
because
of
the hope which
is
laid
up for you in the
heavens
, of which you heard before
in the word of the
truth of
the Gospel ,
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
which
has come to you ;
even
as
it
is
in
all the world and
is bearing fruit and growing, as it does
in
you also,
since the day you heard and knew
the grace of God in
truth;
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 .
even
as
you learned of
Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
You learned it
from
Epaphras ,
our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
who also declared
to
us your love in the Spirit.
and
who also informed
us of
your love in the Spirit.
For this cause,
we
also
, since the day we heard this
, don't
cease
praying and
making
requests
for you ,
that
you may
be
filled
with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
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,
that you may walk worthily
of the Lord ,
to
please him in all
respects,
bearing fruit in every good work, and
increasing
in the knowledge of God ;
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 ,
strengthened with all power ,
according to the
might
of
his glory,
for
all
endurance and perseverance
with
joy;
being
strengthened with all power according to His glorious
might
so
that
you
may
have
full
endurance and patience,
and
joyfully
giving thanks to the Father, who made
us
fit
to be
partakers
of
the inheritance of the saints in light ;
giving thanks to the Father, who has
qualified
you
to share
in
the inheritance of the saints in the
light .
who
delivered
us out
of
the power
of darkness ,
and translated
us into the Kingdom of the
Son
of
his love;
He
has
rescued
us from
the dominion
of darkness and brought
us into the kingdom of His beloved
Son,
in whom we have our
redemption, the forgiveness of our
sins ;
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins .
who
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of
all creation.
The
Son
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over
all creation.
For by
him were
all things created, in the
heavens
and on the
earth, things
visible and things
invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities
or powers;
all things have
been
created through him ,
and for him.
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.
He is before all things, and in him all things are
held
together.
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold
together.
He is the head of the body, the assembly,
who
is the beginning ,
the
firstborn from the dead ;
that in all things he might
have the
preeminence.
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.
For all
the
fullness
was pleased to dwell in him ;
For God
was pleased to have
all
His
fullness
dwell in Him ,
and through him to reconcile all
things
to himself ,
by
him
, whether things on the
earth ,
or things in the
heavens
, having
made
peace through the blood of his cross.
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.
You ,
being
in
past
times
alienated and enemies
in your mind
in your
evil works,
Once
you were
alienated from
God
and were
hostile
in your minds,
engaging
in evil deeds.
yet
now he has reconciled in
the
body of
his
flesh
through death ,
to present you holy and
without
blemish
and blameless before
him,
But
now He has reconciled you
by
Christ’s
physical
body through death to present you holy ,
unblemished,
and blameless in
His
presence—
if it
is
so
that
you continue in the
faith, grounded
and steadfast
, and
not moved away
from the hope of the Gospel which
you heard, which is
being
proclaimed in
all
creation
under heaven ;
of which I, Paul, was
made
a servant.
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.
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 assembly;
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.
of
which
I was
made
a
servant ,
according
to
the stewardship
of
God which
was
given
me toward
you,
to fulfill
the word of God,
I became
its
servant by
the commission
God gave
me to fully
proclaim
to
you
the word of God,
the mystery which
has
been
hidden for ages and generations .
But now it
has
been
revealed to his saints ,
the mystery that
was
hidden for ages and generations but is
now revealed to His saints .
to whom
God was
pleased
to make known what
are
the riches
of
the glory
of this mystery among
the
Gentiles
, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory ;
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 .
whom
we proclaim, admonishing every
man
and teaching every
man
in
all wisdom, that we may present every
man
perfect in Christ Jesus;
We proclaim Him
, admonishing and teaching everyone
with
all wisdom, so
that we may present everyone
perfect in Christ .
for
which
I also labor, striving according
to
his working ,
which
works
in
me mightily
.
To
this
end
I also labor, striving with
all
His energy
working powerfully
within
me.
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