1 P aul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

2 T o the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 W e give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

4 h aving heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints,

5 b ecause of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

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 Good News,

6 w hich is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

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;

7 e ven as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,

8 w ho also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

9 F or this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

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,

10 t o walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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;

11 s trengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;

12 g iving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

13 w ho delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

14 i n whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;

15 w ho is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

16 f or in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

For by him all things were 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.

17 a nd he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

18 A nd 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.

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.

19 F or it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;

20 a nd through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

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.

21 A nd you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,

22 y et now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

23 i f so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

24 N ow 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 church;

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;

25 w hereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

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,

26 e ven the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

27 t o whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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;

28 w hom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

29 w hereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.