Colossians 1

1 I Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, I and Timothy my brother,

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

2 to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are in Colosse: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

to the saints who are in Colossae and the faithful brethren in Christ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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

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

4 since we heard of your faithfulness in Christ Jesus, and your love for all the saints,

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

5 in consequence 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 gospel,

on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 which is present among you, as it is also in all the world, and is producing fruit, even as it has been doing also among you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;

7 as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ for you,

as you have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is the faithful minister of Christ your behalf,

8 and who also made known to us your love in spirit.

who also having revealed to us your divine love in the Spirit.

9 For this reason, we also, from the day in which we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to request that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, and increasing in the knowledge, of God,

that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God.

11 strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, in order to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness,

being impowered with all power, according to the might of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12 giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light:

giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;

13 who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

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

in whom we have redemption, the remission of sins:

15 who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature;

who is the image of the invisible God, being the first begotten of all creation,

16 for by him were all things created, things in heaven and things in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities; all things were created by him, and for him:

because in him all things are created, in the heavens and upon the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All things were created by him, and unto him;

17 and he is before all things, and by him all things consist:

and he before all things, and all things consist in him:

18 and he is the head of the body, the church: and he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent;

and himself is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, in order that in all things himself may be preeminent:

19 for it pleased the Father that all his fullness should dwell in him,

because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell;

20 and by him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace by the blood of his cross; by him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

and through him, to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross: through him, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

21 And you, who were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled

And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled

22 by means of death in his fleshly body, that he may present you holy, and without spot, and blameless in his sight;

in the body of his cross through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreprovable before him,

23 if you continue in the faith, founded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.

if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up what remains of my sufferings for Christ in my flesh for the sake of his body, which is the church,

Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

25 of which I was made a minister according to the commission from God, which was given to me for you, that I might fully preach the word of God,

whose minister I became, according to the economy of God which was given to me unto you, to fulfill the word of God,

26 the mystery which was concealed from the ages and the generations, but is now made manifest to his saints, (aiōn g165)

the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from the generations: but is now made manifest to his saints, (aiōn g165)

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

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, who is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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

29 to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily.

unto which I also labor, agonizing according to his energy, working in me with power.