Colossians 1

1 Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

Paul, the apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Timothy,

2 To them which are at Colosse, Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ: Grace bee with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

to the saints who are in Colossae and the faithful brethren in Christ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

3 We giue thankes to God euen ye Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, alway praying for you:

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

4 Since wee heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of your loue toward all Saintes,

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the divine love which you have toward all the saints.

5 For the hopes sake, which is laide vp for you in heauen, whereof yee haue heard before by the word of trueth, which is the Gospel,

on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 Which is come vnto you, eue as it is vnto al the world, and is fruitful, as it is also amog you, from ye day that ye heard and truely knew ye grace of God,

having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;

7 As yee also learned of Epaphras our deare fellowe seruaunt, which is for you a faithfull minister of Christ:

as you have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is the faithful minister of Christ your behalf,

8 Who hath also declared vnto vs your loue in the Spirit.

who also having revealed to us your divine love in the Spirit.

9 For this cause wee also, since the day wee heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with knowledge of his will in all wisdome, and spirituall vnderstanding,

Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

10 That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, and please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God.

11 Strengthened with all might through his glorious power, vnto all patience, and long suffering with ioyfulnesse,

being impowered with all power, according to the might of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12 Giuing thankes vnto the Father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saintes in light,

giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;

13 Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,

who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

14 In whome we haue redemption through his blood, that is, the forgiuenesse of sinnes,

in whom we have redemption, the remission of sins:

15 Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first begotten of euery creature.

who is the image of the invisible God, being the first begotten of all creation,

16 For by him were all things created, which are in heauen, and which are in earth, thinges visible and inuisible: whether they be Thrones or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, all things were created by him, and for him,

because in him all things are created, in the heavens and upon the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All things were created by him, and unto him;

17 And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.

and he before all things, and all things consist in him:

18 And hee is the head of the body of the Church: he is the beginning, and the first begotten of the dead, that in all thinges hee might haue the preeminence.

and himself is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, in order that in all things himself may be preeminent:

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

because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell;

20 And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen.

and through him, to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross: through him, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

21 And you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your mindes were set in euill workes, hath he nowe also reconciled,

And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled

22 In that body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, and vnblameable and without fault in his sight,

in the body of his cross through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreprovable before him,

23 If ye continue, grounded and stablished in the faith, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, whereof ye haue heard, and which hath bene preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am a minister.

if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

24 Now reioyce I in my suffrings for you, and fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,

Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

25 Whereof I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen mee vnto you ward, to fulfill the word of God,

whose minister I became, according to the economy of God which was given to me unto you, to fulfill the word of God,

26 Which is the mysterie hid since the world began, and from all ages, but nowe is made manifest to his Saintes, (aiōn g165)

the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from the generations: but is now made manifest to his saints, (aiōn g165)

27 To whome God woulde make knowen what is the riches of his glorious mysterie among the Gentiles, which riches is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, who is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

28 Whome we preache, admonishing euery man, and teaching euery man in all wisdome, that we may present euery man perfect in Christ Iesus,

whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

29 Whereunto I also labour and striue, according to his working which worketh in me mightily.

unto which I also labor, agonizing according to his energy, working in me with power.