Colossians 1

1 Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother,

Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

2 to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ which [are] in Colosse. Grace to you and peace from God our Father [and Lord Jesus Christ].

to the kadoshim and faithful brothers in Messiah at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, praying always for you,

4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,

having heard of your faith in Messiah Yeshua, and of the love which you have toward all the kadoshim,

5 on account of the hope which [is] laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,

because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of truth, the Good News,

6 which are come to you, as [they are] in all the world, [and] are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard [them] and knew indeed 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 even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

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

8 who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit.

who also declared to us your love in the Ruach.

9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end 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 this, do not 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 [so as] to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;

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

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

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the kadoshim in the light;

13 who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

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

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

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

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

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

16 because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for 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 rulers or authorities; all things have been created by him and for him.

17 And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

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

18 And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:

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 for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell,

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

20 and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross — by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.

and through him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross through him, whether things on the earth or things in heaven.

21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled

You, who once were alienated and were hostile in your minds, doing evil deeds,

22 in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,

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

23 if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which I Paul became minister.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, established and firm, 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, have become a servant.

24 Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in the sufferings of Messiah for the sake of his body, which is the church;

25 of which I became minister, according to the dispensation of God which [is] given me towards you to complete 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 the mystery which [has been] hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints; (aiōn g165)

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his kadoshim. (aiōn g165)

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

To them God was pleased to make known the glorious riches of this mystery among the non-Jews, which is Messiah in you, the hope of glory;

28 whom we announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.

whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Messiah Yeshua;

29 Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power.

for which I also labor, struggling according to his power, which works in me mightily.