Colossians 1

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

I Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, I and Timothy my 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 that are in Colosse: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and our 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 the God and 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 faithfulness in Christ Jesus, and your love for 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,

in consequence of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which 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 present among you, as it is also in all the world, and is producing fruit, even as it has been doing also among you, since the day you 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,

as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ for you,

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

and who also made known to us your love in 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 reason, we also, from the day in which we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to request that you may 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,

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, 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 his glorious might, in order 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, who has made us fit for a portion 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 authority of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

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

in whom we have redemption, 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 first-born 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, things in heaven and things in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities; 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: and he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent;

19 because all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him,

for it pleased the Father that all his fullness should dwell in him,

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 by him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace by the blood of his cross; by him, I say, whether things on 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, who were formerly 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,

by means of death in his fleshly body, that he may present you holy, and without spot, and blameless 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, founded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, have been 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 you, and fill up what remains of my sufferings for Christ in my flesh for the sake of his body, 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,

of which I was made a minister according to the commission from God, which was given to me for you, that I might fully preach 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)

the mystery which was concealed from the ages and the generations, but is now 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 glorious riches 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.

to which end I also labor, striving according to his energy, which works in me mightily.