Colossians 1

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy 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 brethren in Christ [which are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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

We give thanks to God 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,

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

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

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

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

who also declared unto 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 and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

10 to walk worthily of the LORD, pleasing in all, being fruitful in every good work, 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 in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

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

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

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

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our 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 all creation;

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

and he is before all things, and in 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 was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness 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 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—once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now He reconciled,

And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath 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 without blemish and unreproveable before him:

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 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 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,

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 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 was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, 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 hath been hid from all ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested 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 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 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 proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

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

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