Colossians 1
1 Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the 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 at Colossae: Grace be 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,
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to 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,
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 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 to you, as it is in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, as it doth also in you, from the day ye heard it, 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 from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf;
8 Who hath also declared vnto vs your loue in the Spirit.
who also brought to our knowledge 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,
On this account we also, from the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual 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,
that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, 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,
endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and long-suffering 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 to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;
13 Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,
who rescued us from the empire of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son;
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 first-born of the whole 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 created all things, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things have been created through him and for 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 subsist.
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; since he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he may be in all things pre-eminent;
19 For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,
for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,
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.
having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those 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, that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In that body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, and vnblameable and without fault in his sight,
in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;
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 ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became 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 you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, 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,
of which I became a minister, according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me, for you, to fulfill 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)
the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed 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 it was the will of God 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 preach, warning 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.
to which end I also am laboring, striving earnestly through his working, which worketh within me mightily.
