Colossians 1

1 PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, and Timothy a brother,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother,

2 to them who are at Colosse, the brethren, holy and believing in Jesus the Messiah: peace be with you, and grace from God our Father.

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

3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, at all times, and pray for you;

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

4 lo, ever since we heard of your faith in Jesus the Messiah, and of your love to all the saints;

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

5 because of the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of truth of the gospel;

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

6 which is announced to you, as also to all the world; and which groweth and yieldeth fruits, as it doth also among you from the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in reality:

Which is come to you, as [it is] in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:

7 as ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of the Messiah;

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

8 and who hath made known to us your love in the Spirit.

Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

9 Therefore we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray for you; and to ask that ye may be filled with a knowledge of the good pleasure of God, in all wisdom, and in all spiritual understanding;

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

10 that ye may walk as is right, and may please God with all good works, and may yield fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God;

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

11 and may be strengthened with all strength, according to the greatness of his glory, in all patience and long suffering;

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

12 and may, with joy, give thanks to God the Father, who hath fitted us for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;

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

13 and hath rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son;

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his beloved Son:

14 by whom we have redemption and remission of sins:

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

15 who is the likeness of the invisible God, and the first-born of all creatures:

Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature:

16 and by him was created every thing that is in heaven and on earth, all that is seen and all that is unseen, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or sovereignties; every thing was through him, and was created by him:

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are upon earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17 and he was prior to all, and by him every thing exists.

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

18 And he is the head of the body the church; as he is the head and first-born from among the dead, that he might be the first in all things.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all [things] he may have the pre-eminence.

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

For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fullness dwell;

20 and by him, to reconcile all things to himself; and through him, he hath pacified, with the blood of his cross, both those on earth and those in heaven.

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

21 And also to you, who were before alienated and enemies in your minds, because of your evil deeds,

And you, that were formerly alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,

22 to you, he hath now given peace, by the body of his flesh, and by his death; that he might establish you in his presence, holy, without blemish, and without offence;

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

23 provided ye continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and ye be not removed from the hope of the gospel; of which ye have heard, that it is proclaimed in all the creation beneath heaven; of which gospel I Paul am a minister.

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [are] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which hath been preached to every creature which is under heaven; of which I Paul am made a minister;

24 And I rejoice in the sufferings which are for your sakes; and, in my flesh, I fill up the deficiency in the afflictions of the Messiah, in behalf of his body, which is the church;

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 am a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me among you, that I should fulfill the word of God,

Of which 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 namely, that mystery, which was hidden for ages and generations, but is now revealed to his saints; (aiōn g165)

[Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages, and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: (aiōn g165)

27 to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which mystery is the Messiah; who in you is the hope of our 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, and teach and make known to every man, in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Jesus the Messiah.

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

29 And for this also, I toil and strive, with the aid of the strength that is imparted to me.

For which I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.