Προς Κολοσσαεις 1

1 παυλος αποστολος χριστου ιησου δια θεληματος θεου και τιμοθεος ο αδελφος

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

2 τοις εν κολοσσαις αγιοις και πιστοις αδελφοις εν χριστω χαρις υμιν και ειρηνη απο θεου πατρος ημων

to the holy and believing brothers in Christ who are in Colosse. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father.

3 ευχαριστουμεν τω θεω πατρι του κυριου ημων ιησου {VAR1: [χριστου] } {VAR2: χριστου } παντοτε περι υμων προσευχομενοι

Whenever I pray for you I am continually thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

4 ακουσαντες την πιστιν υμων εν χριστω ιησου και την αγαπην {VAR1: [ην εχετε] } {VAR2: ην εχετε } εις παντας τους αγιους

(since I heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love to all the saints)

5 δια την ελπιδα την αποκειμενην υμιν εν τοις ουρανοις ην προηκουσατε εν τω λογω της αληθειας του ευαγγελιου

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope in the message which came to you of the truth of the gospel.

6 του παροντος εις υμας καθως και εν παντι τω κοσμω εστιν καρποφορουμενον και αυξανομενον καθως και εν υμιν αφ ης ημερας ηκουσατε και επεγνωτε την χαριν του θεου εν αληθεια

And just as it is spreading through the whole world, bearing fruit and increasing, so also is it among you, from the day in which you heard it, and came truly to know the grace of God,

7 καθως εμαθετε απο επαφρα του αγαπητου συνδουλου ημων ος εστιν πιστος υπερ {VAR1: ημων } {VAR2: υμων } διακονος του χριστου

as you learned it from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow slave. He is a faithful minister of Jesus Christ in your behalf,

8 ο και δηλωσας ημιν την υμων αγαπην εν πνευματι

and it is he who has told me of your love for me in the spirit.

9 δια τουτο και ημεις αφ ης ημερας ηκουσαμεν ου παυομεθα υπερ υμων προσευχομενοι και αιτουμενοι ινα πληρωθητε την επιγνωσιν του θεληματος αυτου εν παση σοφια και συνεσει πνευματικη

For this reason from the day I heard of it I have never ceased to pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will with every kind of wisdom and spiritual insight;

10 περιπατησαι αξιως του κυριου εις πασαν αρεσκειαν εν παντι εργω αγαθω καρποφορουντες και αυξανομενοι τη επιγνωσει του θεου

that you may walk worthy of the Lord in every kind of pleasing; that you may be fruitful in every kind of good work, and may increase in the knowledge of God;

11 εν παση δυναμει δυναμουμενοι κατα το κρατος της δοξης αυτου εις πασαν υπομονην και μακροθυμιαν μετα χαρας

that you may be strengthened in every kind of strength by the might of his glory for every kind of patience and fortitude with good cheer.

12 ευχαριστουντες τω πατρι τω ικανωσαντι υμας εις την μεριδα του κληρου των αγιων εν τω φωτι

I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light.

13 ος ερρυσατο ημας εκ της εξουσιας του σκοτους και μετεστησεν εις την βασιλειαν του υιου της αγαπης αυτου

For he has delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of his dear Son,

14 εν ω εχομεν την απολυτρωσιν την αφεσιν των αμαρτιων

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

15 ος εστιν εικων του θεου του αορατου πρωτοτοκος πασης κτισεως

He is a visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

16 οτι εν αυτω εκτισθη τα παντα εν τοις ουρανοις και επι της γης τα ορατα και τα αορατα ειτε θρονοι ειτε κυριοτητες ειτε αρχαι ειτε εξουσιαι τα παντα δι αυτου και εις αυτον εκτισται

for in him was the universe created, things in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; by him and for him all have been created;

17 και αυτος εστιν προ παντων και τα παντα εν αυτω συνεστηκεν

and HE IS before all, and in him all things subsist.

18 και αυτος εστιν η κεφαλη του σωματος της εκκλησιας ος εστιν {VAR1: [η] } αρχη πρωτοτοκος εκ των νεκρων ινα γενηται εν πασιν αυτος πρωτευων

He is the head of his Body, the Church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, in order that in all things he may become preeminent.

19 οτι εν αυτω ευδοκησεν παν το πληρωμα κατοικησαι

For in him all the divine fulness chose to dwell;

20 και δι αυτου αποκαταλλαξαι τα παντα εις αυτον ειρηνοποιησας δια του αιματος του σταυρου αυτου [δι αυτου] ειτε τα επι της γης ειτε τα εν τοις ουρανοις

and by him it chose to reconcile all things alike on earth or in heaven to himself; making peace by him, through the blood of his cross.

21 και υμας ποτε οντας απηλλοτριωμενους και εχθρους τη διανοια εν τοις εργοις τοις πονηροις νυνι δε αποκατηλλαξεν

And you, alienated as you once were, hostile at heart in your evil deeds,

22 εν τω σωματι της σαρκος αυτου δια του θανατου παραστησαι υμας αγιους και αμωμους και ανεγκλητους κατενωπιον αυτου

he has now in his human body reconciled to God by his death, in order that he may bring you into his presence, holy and unblemished and irreproachable.

23 ει γε επιμενετε τη πιστει τεθεμελιωμενοι και εδραιοι και μη μετακινουμενοι απο της ελπιδος του ευαγγελιου ου ηκουσατε του κηρυχθεντος εν παση κτισει τη υπο τον ουρανον ου εγενομην εγω παυλος διακονος

And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

24 νυν χαιρω εν τοις παθημασιν υπερ υμων και ανταναπληρω τα υστερηματα των θλιψεων του χριστου εν τη σαρκι μου υπερ του σωματος αυτου ο εστιν η εκκλησια

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.

25 ης εγενομην εγω διακονος κατα την οικονομιαν του θεου την δοθεισαν μοι εις υμας πληρωσαι τον λογον του θεου

It is of this I was made a minister, according to the stewardship entrusted to me by God for you, fully to declare God’s message;

26 το μυστηριον το αποκεκρυμμενον απο των αιωνων και απο των γενεων νυν δε εφανερωθη τοις αγιοις αυτου (aiōn g165)

that secret truth, which, although hidden from ages and generations of old, has now been made manifest to his saints. (aiōn g165)

27 οις ηθελησεν ο θεος γνωρισαι τι το πλουτος της δοξης του μυστηριου τουτου εν τοις εθνεσιν ο εστιν χριστος εν υμιν η ελπις της δοξης

To them God willed to make known among the Gentiles how glorious are the riches of that secret truth, which is "Christ in you, the hope of glory."

28 ον ημεις καταγγελλομεν νουθετουντες παντα ανθρωπον και διδασκοντες παντα ανθρωπον εν παση σοφια ινα παραστησωμεν παντα ανθρωπον τελειον εν χριστω

Him I am ever proclaiming, warning every one and teaching every one, in all wisdom; that I may bring every man into his presence, full grown in Christ.

29 εις ο και κοπιω αγωνιζομενος κατα την ενεργειαν αυτου την ενεργουμενην εν εμοι εν δυναμει

For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.