Colossians 1

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy my 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.

Unto the holy and faithful brethren in Christ that are, in Colosse, favour unto you, and peace, from our God and Father.

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

We are giving thanks unto God, the Father of our Lord Jesus [Christ], always, for you, offering prayer, —

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 of the love which ye have unto 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 that is lying by for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before, in the word of the truth of the glad-message,

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:

When it presented itself unto you; even as, in all the world also, it is bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day when ye heard, and came personally to know the favour 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 learned [it] from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is faithful in our behalf, as a minister of the Christ,

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

Who also hath made evident unto us your love in 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 when we heard [of you], cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking—that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,

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;

So as to walk worthily of the Lord, unto all pleasing, in every good work, bearing fruit, and growing in the personal knowledge of God,

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

With all power, being empowered, according to the grasp of his glory, unto all endurance 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 unto the Father that hath made you sufficient for your share in the inheritance of the saints in the 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 rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [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 our redemption—the remission of our sins, —

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

Who, is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn 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:

Because, in him, were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the things seen and the things unseen, whether thrones or lordships or principalities or authorities, —they all, through him and for him, have been created,

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

And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;

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 assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent; —

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

Because, in him, was all the fullness well pleased to 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, through him, fully to reconcile all things unto him, making peace through the blood of his cross, —[through him]—whether the things upon the earth or the 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 at one time were estranged and enemies in your mind in your wicked works, yet, now, hath he fully reconciled,

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

In his body of flesh, through means of his death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccusable before him, —

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, at least, ye are abiding still in the faith, founded and firm, and not to be moved away from the hope of the glad-message which ye have heard, which hath been proclaimed in all creation which is under heaven, —of which, I Paul, have become 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, am I rejoicing in the sufferings on your behalf, and am filling up the things that lack of the tribulations of the Christ, in my flesh, in behalf of his body, which is the assembly,

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, have become minister—according to the administration of God which hath been given unto me to you-ward, to fill up 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 sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages and from the generations, but, now, hath been made manifest unto 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:

Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the 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 are declaring, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man complete in Christ;

29 Unto which I also labour, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

Unto which I am even toiling, contending according to his energy which is energising itself in me with power.