Colossians 1

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus 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 saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus Christ, 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 Christ Jesus and of the love which you have towards all the saints,

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 the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of 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 learnt from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

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

who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

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, don’t 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 all respects, 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 made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in 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 translated 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;

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of 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, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through 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 assembly, 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 by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

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

You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your 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 defect 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, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made 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 fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

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 towards you to fulfil 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 saints, (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 whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery amongst the Gentiles, which is Christ 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.

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

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

for which I also labour, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.