Colossians 1

1 Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

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

2 To them which are at Colosse, Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ: Grace bee with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossæ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

3 We giue thankes to God euen ye Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, alway praying for you:

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

4 Since wee heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of your loue toward all Saintes,

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

5 For the hopes sake, which is laide vp for you in heauen, whereof yee haue heard before by the word of trueth, which is the Gospel,

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 Which is come vnto you, eue as it is vnto al the world, and is fruitful, as it is also amog you, from ye day that ye heard and truely knew ye grace of God,

which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

7 As yee also learned of Epaphras our deare fellowe seruaunt, which is for you a faithfull minister of Christ:

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

8 Who hath also declared vnto vs your loue in the Spirit.

who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

9 For this cause wee also, since the day wee heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with knowledge of his will in all wisdome, and spirituall vnderstanding,

For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

10 That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, and please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 Strengthened with all might through his glorious power, vnto all patience, and long suffering with ioyfulnesse,

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

12 Giuing thankes vnto the Father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saintes in light,

giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

13 Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

14 In whome we haue redemption through his blood, that is, the forgiuenesse of sinnes,

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

15 Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first begotten of euery creature.

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

16 For by him were all things created, which are in heauen, and which are in earth, thinges visible and inuisible: whether they be Thrones or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, all things were created by him, and for him,

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

17 And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

18 And hee is the head of the body of the Church: he is the beginning, and the first begotten of the dead, that in all thinges hee might haue the preeminence.

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 For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,

For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;

20 And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen.

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

21 And you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your mindes were set in euill workes, hath he nowe also reconciled,

And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

22 In that body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, and vnblameable and without fault in his sight,

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

23 If ye continue, grounded and stablished in the faith, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, whereof ye haue heard, and which hath bene preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am a minister.

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

24 Now reioyce I in my suffrings for you, and fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,

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 church;

25 Whereof I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen mee vnto you ward, to fulfill the word of God,

whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

26 Which is the mysterie hid since the world began, and from all ages, but nowe is made manifest to his Saintes, (aiōn g165)

[even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints, (aiōn g165)

27 To whome God woulde make knowen what is the riches of his glorious mysterie among the Gentiles, which riches is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

to whom God was pleased to 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 Whome we preache, admonishing euery man, and teaching euery man in all wisdome, that we may present euery man perfect in Christ Iesus,

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

29 Whereunto I also labour and striue, according to his working which worketh in me mightily.

whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.