Colossians 1

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

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God,

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.

and Timothy our brother, to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ at Colosse: grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always in our prayers 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 your love 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,

for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye have heard before in the word of truth, that is 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 in all the world, and is fruitful; as it hath been also among you, from the day in which 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:

As ye also learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;

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, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to request 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 worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful 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 might according to his glorious power, 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 unto the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion 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 hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath 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 redemption by his blood, even the remission of 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 by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all were created by Him, and for Him.

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

He is before all, and by 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, which is the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things He might have the pre-eminence.

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

For it pleased the Father, that all fulness should dwell in Him;

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 by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace by the blood of his cross; by Him only, whether they be things on earth, or things in heaven.

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 formerly alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked 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 unblameable, and unreproveable 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 so be ye continue grounded and settled in the faith, and be not moved from the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached throughout the whole creation, of which I Paul am 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 what is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for the sake 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 was made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given me towards you, that I might fully declare 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 that mystery which was hid from former ages and generations, but is now 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 would make known the rich glory of this mystery, among the gentiles; which is this, that Christ is 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 Jesus:

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

in order to which I also labour, striving earnestly according to his energy which operates in me with power.