Colossians 1

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

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

2 to the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 We always give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you

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

4 (having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love toward all the saints),

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the (agape) love which all of you have to all the saints,

5 because of the hope that is being reserved for you in the heavens, of which you have already heard through the Word of the Truth

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof all of you heard before in the (logos) word of the truth of the gospel;

6 (the Gospel that has come to you just as also in all the world, where it is producing fruit and growing just as also among you, from the day in which you heard about and truly understood God's grace),

Which has come unto you, as it is in all the world; and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day all of you heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

7 even as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

As all of you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

8 who also reported to us your love in spirit.

Who also declared unto us your (agape) love in the (pneuma) Spirit.

9 For this very reason, since the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the real 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, and to desire that all of you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 in order for you to walk worthily of the Lord, pleasing Him in every way, being fruitful in every good work and growing into the real knowledge of God;

That all of you might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 being enabled with all capability according to the strength that resides in His glory, for all endurance and steadfastness.

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

12 Nor have we stopped giving thanks joyfully to the Father who has qualified us for the share in the inheritance of the saints in the Light;

Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

13 who delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his (agape) dear Son:

14 in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

15 He is the visible representation of the invisible God, ‘Firstborn’ over all creation,

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16 because by Him all things were created—those in the heavens and those on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 Yes, He is before all, and in Him all things subsist.

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

18 Also, He is the Head of the body, the Church. He is Beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that He may be preeminent in everything,

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 because in Him all the Fullness was pleased to dwell

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

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

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

21 So now He has reconciled you as well (you who once were alienated and hostile in your mind because of your wicked works),

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled

22 by His physical body through His death, so as to present you before Him holy and blameless and above reproach—

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

23 if, that is, you continue in the Faith established and firm, not drifting away from the hope of the Gospel, that you heard and that was proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

If all of you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which all of you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf and supplement in my flesh the things lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the Church,

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

25 of which I became a servant according to the stewardship from God that was given to me towards you, to complete the Word of God,

Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the (logos) word of God;

26 the secret that has been hidden from past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints; (aiōn g165)

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

27 to whom God resolved to make known who is the wealth of the glory of this secret among the nations, namely Christ in you, the hope of glory;

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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

Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

29 It is to this end that I labor, striving according to His working that works through me with power.

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