Colossians 1

1 Paul apostle Christ Jesus through/because of will/desire God and Timothy the/this/who brother

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and Timothy our brother:

2 the/this/who in/on/among Colossae holy: saint and faithful brother in/on/among Christ grace you and peace away from God father me (and lord: God Jesus Christ *K*)

To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father.

3 to thank the/this/who God (and *ko*) father the/this/who lord: God me Jesus Christ always (about *NK(o)*) you to pray

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,

4 to hear the/this/who faith you in/on/among Christ Jesus and the/this/who love (which *N(k)O*) (to have/be *no*) toward all the/this/who holy: saint

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,

5 through/because of the/this/who hope the/this/who to lay up you in/on/among the/this/who heaven which to hear beforehand in/on/among the/this/who word the/this/who truth the/this/who gospel

on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.

6 the/this/who be present toward you as/just as and in/on/among all the/this/who world (and *k*) to be to bear fruit (and to grow *NO*) as/just as and in/on/among you away from which day to hear and to come to know the/this/who grace the/this/who God in/on/among truth

For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

7 as/just as (and *k*) to learn away from Epaphras the/this/who beloved fellow slave me which to be faithful above/for (you *NK(O)*) servant the/this/who Christ

as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,

8 the/this/who and to make clear me the/this/who you love in/on/among spirit/breath: spirit

and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit.

9 through/because of this/he/she/it and me away from which day to hear no to cease above/for you to pray and to ask in order that/to to fulfill the/this/who knowledge the/this/who will/desire it/s/he in/on/among all wisdom and understanding spiritual

For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;

10 to walk (you *k*) appropriately the/this/who lord: God toward all pleasing in/on/among all work good to bear fruit and to grow (toward *k*) (the/this/who knowledge *N(k)O*) the/this/who God

so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.

11 in/on/among all power to empower according to the/this/who power the/this/who glory it/s/he toward all perseverance and patience with/after joy

Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;

12 to thank the/this/who father the/this/who to qualify (you *N(K)O*) toward the/this/who part the/this/who lot the/this/who holy: saint in/on/among the/this/who light

and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light.

13 which to rescue me out from the/this/who authority the/this/who darkness and to move toward the/this/who kingdom the/this/who son the/this/who love it/s/he

It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,

14 in/on/among which to have/be the/this/who redemption (through/because of the/this/who blood it/s/he *K*) the/this/who forgiveness the/this/who sin

in whom we have our redemption--the forgiveness of our sins.

15 which to be image the/this/who God the/this/who invisible firstborn all creation

Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.

16 that/since: since in/on/among it/s/he to create the/this/who all (the/this/who *k*) in/on/among the/this/who heaven and (the/this/who *ko*) upon/to/against the/this/who earth: planet the/this/who visible and the/this/who invisible whether throne whether lordship whether beginning whether authority the/this/who all through/because of it/s/he and toward it/s/he to create

For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him.

17 and it/s/he to be before all and the/this/who all in/on/among it/s/he to commend

And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.

18 and it/s/he to be the/this/who head the/this/who body the/this/who assembly which to be (the/this/who *o*) beginning firstborn out from the/this/who dead in order that/to to be in/on/among all it/s/he be first

Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.

19 that/since: since in/on/among it/s/he to delight all the/this/who fulfillment to dwell

For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.

20 and through/because of it/s/he to reconcile the/this/who all toward it/s/he to make peace through/because of the/this/who blood the/this/who cross it/s/he through/because of it/s/he whether the/this/who upon/to/against the/this/who earth: planet whether the/this/who (in/on/among *NK(o)*) the/this/who heaven

And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross--to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.

21 and you once/when to be to alienate and enemy the/this/who mind in/on/among the/this/who work the/this/who evil/bad now then (to reconcile *NK(O)*)

And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,

22 in/on/among the/this/who body the/this/who flesh it/s/he through/because of the/this/who death to stand by you holy and blameless and irreproachable before it/s/he

He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;

23 if indeed to remain/keep on the/this/who faith to found and steadfast and not to shift away from the/this/who hope the/this/who gospel which to hear the/this/who to preach in/on/among all (the/this/who *k*) creation the/this/who by/under: under the/this/who heaven which to be I/we Paul servant

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

24 now to rejoice in/on/among the/this/who suffering (me *k*) above/for you and to fill again the/this/who deficiency the/this/who pressure the/this/who Christ in/on/among the/this/who flesh me above/for the/this/who body it/s/he which to be the/this/who assembly

Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.

25 which to be I/we servant according to the/this/who management the/this/who God the/this/who to give me toward you to fulfill the/this/who word the/this/who God

I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--

26 the/this/who mystery the/this/who to conceal away from the/this/who an age: age and away from the/this/who generation (now *N(k)O*) then to reveal the/this/who holy: saint it/s/he (aiōn g165)

the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people, (aiōn g165)

27 which to will/desire the/this/who God to make known (which? the/this/who *N(k)O*) riches the/this/who glory the/this/who mystery this/he/she/it in/on/among the/this/who Gentiles (which *N(k)O*) to be Christ in/on/among you the/this/who hope the/this/who glory

to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'

28 which me to proclaim to admonish all a human and to teach all a human in/on/among all wisdom in order that/to to stand by all a human perfect in/on/among Christ (Jesus *K*)

Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ.

29 toward which and to labor to struggle according to the/this/who active energy it/s/he the/this/who be active in/on/among I/we in/on/among power

To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.