1 P aul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

¶ Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

2 T o 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.

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 W e give thanks to God and the 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

4 S ince we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the charity which ye have toward all the saints,

5 F or the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

for the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye have already heard by the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 W hich 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:

which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day ye heard it and knew the grace of God in truth,

7 A s ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

as ye also learned of Epaphras, our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ,

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

who also declared unto us your charity in the Spirit.

9 F or 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;

¶ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, asking that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10 T hat ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

that ye might walk worthy of the Lord, pleasing him in everything, being fruitful in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,

11 S trengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

strengthened with all might, according to the power of his glory unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness,

12 G iving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

¶ giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us worthy to participate in the inheritance of the saints in light,

13 W ho hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son,

14 I n whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins,

15 W ho 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;

16 F or 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 by him were all things created, that are in the heavens and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by him and in him;

17 A nd he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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.

And he is the head of the body, the congregation, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 F or it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell

20 A nd, 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 by him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, whether they are the things in the earth or the things in the heavens.

21 A nd you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

And you, that were in another time alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now he has reconciled you

22 I n the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight

23 I f 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;

if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard and which is preached to every creature which is under heaven, of which I Paul am made a minister,

24 W ho 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 fulfill in my flesh that which is lacking of the tribulations of the Christ for his body’s sake, which is the congregation,

25 W hereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

of which I am made a minister by the dispensation of God which is given to me in you, to fulfil the word of God,

26 E ven the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints,

27 T o 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:

to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery in the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

28 W hom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

whom we preach, warning every man and teaching in all wisdom that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

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

in which I continue to labour, contending according to his operation, which he works in me mightily.