Colossians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,

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

2 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!

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

3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying 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 of the love that [is] to all the holy ones,

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

5 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,

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

6 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,

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

7 as you also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful servant of the Christ for you,

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

8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

9 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,

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 to walk worthily of the LORD, pleasing in all, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

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

11 in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness;

12 Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us for the participation of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light,

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

13 who rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [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 dear Son:

14 in whom we have the redemption [[through His blood]], the forgiveness of sins,

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

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

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

16 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,

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 and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.

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

18 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,

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 all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him,

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 the things on the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

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

21 And you—once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now He reconciled,

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

22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before Himself,

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

23 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.

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

24 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,

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 dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfill 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 word of God;

26 the secret that has been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was revealed to His holy ones, (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 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,

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, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

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

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

Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.