Colossians 1

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

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy a brother,

2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

to the saints at Colosse, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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

4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the (agape) love which all of you have to all the saints,

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love ye show to all the saints;

5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof all of you heard before in the (logos) word of the truth of the gospel;

because of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, which ye have heard before in the word of truth, the gospel,

6 Which has come unto you, as it is in all the world; and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day all of you heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

which is come unto you, as it is also unto all the world; and beareth fruit, as also among you, from the day that ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

7 As all of you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

even as ye have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-labourer, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;

8 Who also declared unto us your (agape) love in the (pneuma) Spirit.

who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

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

For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 That all of you might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

that ye may walk worthy of the Lord, well pleasing him in all things, in every good work fruitful, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;

13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his (agape) dear Son:

who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

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

in whom we have redemption through his blood, and forgiveness of sins.

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Who is the image of the invisible God, the prime author of all creation:

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

for by him were all things created, celestial and terrestrial, visible or invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers, all were created by him, and for him:

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

and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent.

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

For it hath pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell;

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

and by him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace by the blood of his cross: by him, I say, whether they be things on earth, or things in the heavens.

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled

And you who in time past were all aliens, and enemies in mind by wicked works, hath he now reconciled,

22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and irreproachable in his sight:

by the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and irreprehensible in his presence:

23 If all of you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which all of you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

if ye abide in faith grounded and firm, and never moved aside from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.

24 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:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh the measure of afflictions for Christ which remains to be endured for his body, which is the church,

25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the (logos) word of God;

of which I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which was given me for you to fulfil the ministry of the word of God―

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

the mystery which was hid from ages and from generations, but is now unveiled 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 is Christ in you, the hope of 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 preach, 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 Unto which I also labour, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

for which also I am labouring, conflicting in the energy of his might, which worketh in me powerfully.