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Greetings from Paul
Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother,
Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother,
Greeting
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ which [are] in Colosse. Grace to you and peace from God our Father [and Lord Jesus Christ].
Thanksgiving and Prayer
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,
Their Faith in Christ
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints;
on account of the hope which [is] laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,
because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
which are come to you, as [they are] in all the world, [and] are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard [them] and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:
even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,
as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,
who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit.
who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
Preeminence of Christ
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
[so as] to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;
strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love:
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;
The Supremacy of Christ
who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.
And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him.
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
And *he* is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that *he* might have the first place in all things:
And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell,
Reconciled in Christ
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross -- by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.
and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,
in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight —
if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.
if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Paul's Suffering for the Church
Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;
Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;
Sacrificial Service for Christ
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church,
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church,
of which *I* became minister, according to the dispensation of God which [is] given me towards you to complete the word of God,
the mystery which [has been] hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints;
to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory:
whom *we* announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.
Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.