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Greetings from Paul
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
Greetings from Paul
This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy.
This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy.
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.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer
We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people,
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.
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:
This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.
As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
He has told us about the love for others that the Holy Spirit has given you.
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 we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
The Supremacy of Christ
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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:
for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see —
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see —
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together.
and he holds all creation together.
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 it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,
was pleased to live in Christ,
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.
and through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
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;
But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.
Paul's Suffering for the Chruch
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:
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:
Paul’s Work for the Church
I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.
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;
God has given me the responsibility of serving his church by proclaiming his entire message to you.
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
This message was kept secret for centuries and generations past, but now it has been revealed to God’s people.
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:
For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: