Colossians 1

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

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus 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 holy ones in Colossae, and to the faithful brothers in Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and 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 praying 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 that [is] to all the holy ones,

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 that is laid up for you in the heavens, which you heard of beforehand by the word of the truth of the good news,

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 has come to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which you 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 you also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful servant of the Christ for you,

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

who also declared to 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,

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the full 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,

to walk worthily of the LORD, pleasing in all, 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,

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance 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 has qualified us for the participation of the inheritance of the holy ones 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 out of the authority of the 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 the redemption [[through His blood]], the forgiveness 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, 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,

because all things were created in Him, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; 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, and all things have consisted in Him.

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 Assembly—who is a beginning, a firstborn out of the dead, that He might become first in all [things] Himself,

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

because all the fullness was pleased to 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 through Him to reconcile all things to Himself—having made peace through the blood of His Cross—through Him, whether the things on the earth, whether the 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—once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now 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 death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before Himself,

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 you also remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which you heard, which was preached in all the creation that [is] under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

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,

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for His body, which is the Assembly,

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 servant according to the dispensation of God, that was given 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 secret that has been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was revealed to His holy ones, (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 willed to make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations—which is Christ in you, the hope of the 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, 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.

for which I also labor, striving according to His working that is working in me in power.