Colossians 1 ~ Colossians 1

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

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

2 t o the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to 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 the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

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

4 h aving heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that 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 b ecause of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

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 present to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which ye heard, 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 from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

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

8 w ho also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

who also declared unto us your charity in the Spirit.

9 B ecause of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full 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 o your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to 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 i n all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

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

12 G iving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,

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

13 w ho did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate into the reign of the Son of His love,

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 the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins,

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

15 w ho is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature;

16 b ecause in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

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 himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

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

18 A nd himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all -- himself -- first,

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 b ecause in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

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

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

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 -- once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,

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 the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

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

23 i f also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that under the heaven, of which I became -- I Paul -- a ministrant.

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 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

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 o f which I -- I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was 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 t he secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested 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 did will to make known what the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the 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 proclaim, 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 f or which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.

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