Colossians 1

1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother,

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

2 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ Jesus who are at Colossae.

to the holy ones in Colossae, and to the faithful brothers in Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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

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

4 For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that you have toward all the saints,

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that [is] to all the holy ones,

5 because of the hope that has been stored up for you in heaven, which you have heard through the Word of Truth in the Gospel.

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which you heard of beforehand by the word of the truth of the good news,

6 This has reached you, just as it is present in the whole world, where it grows and bears fruit, as it has also done in you, since the day when you first heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

which has come to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which you heard, and knew the grace of God in truth,

7 just as you learned it from Epaphras, our most beloved fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ Jesus.

as you also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful servant of the Christ for you,

8 And he has also manifested to us your love in the Spirit.

who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

9 Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

to walk worthily of the LORD, pleasing in all, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

11 being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

12 giving thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to have a share in the portion of the saints, in the light.

Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us for the participation of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light,

13 For he has rescued us from the power of darkness, and he has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

who rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

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

in whom we have the redemption [[through His blood]], the forgiveness of sins,

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.

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

16 For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.

because all things were created in Him, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him,

17 And he is before all, and in him all things continue.

and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.

18 And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.

And He is the head of the body—the Assembly—who is a beginning, a firstborn out of the dead, that He might become first in all [things] Himself,

19 For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,

because all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him,

20 and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.

and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself—having made peace through the blood of His Cross—through Him, whether the things on the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

21 And you, though you had been, in times past, understood to be foreigners and enemies, with works of evil,

And you—once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now He reconciled,

22 yet now he has reconciled you, by his body of flesh, through death, so as to offer you, holy and immaculate and blameless, before him.

in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before Himself,

23 So then, continue in the faith: well-founded and steadfast and immovable, by the hope of the Gospel that you have heard, which has been preached throughout all creation under heaven, the Gospel of which I, Paul, have become a minister.

if you also remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which you heard, which was preached in all the creation that [is] under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

24 For now I rejoice in my passion on your behalf, and I complete in my flesh the things that are lacking in the Passion of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the Church.

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

25 For I have become a minister of the Church, according to the dispensation of God that has been given to me among you, so that I may fulfill the Word of God,

of which I became a servant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

26 the mystery which had remained hidden to past ages and generations, but which now is manifested to his saints. (aiōn g165)

the secret that has been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was revealed to His holy ones, (aiōn g165)

27 To them, God willed to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ and the hope of his glory within you.

to whom God willed to make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations—which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

28 We are announcing him, correcting every man and teaching every man, with all wisdom, so that we may offer every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

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

29 In him, too, I labor, striving according to his action within me, which he works in virtue.

for which I also labor, striving according to His working that is working in me in power.