Colossians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy my brother, —

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

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

to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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

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

4 Having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which ye have unto all the saints, —

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that [is] to all the saints,

5 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,

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

6 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,

which is present to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which ye heard, and knew the grace of God in truth;

7 Even as ye learned [it] from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is faithful in our behalf, as a minister of the Christ,

as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

8 Who also hath made evident unto us your love in spirit.

who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

9 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,

Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10 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,

to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

11 With all power, being empowered, according to the grasp of his glory, unto all endurance and long-suffering with joy,

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

12 Giving thanks unto the Father that hath made you sufficient for your share in the inheritance of the saints in the light,

Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,

13 Who hath rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate [us] into the reign of the Son of His love,

14 In whom, we have our redemption—the remission of our sins, —

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

15 Who, is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn of all creation, —

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

16 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,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

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

and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

18 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; —

And himself is the head of the body — the assembly — who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all [things] — himself — first,

19 Because, in him, was all the fullness well pleased to dwell,

because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

20 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;

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

21 And, you, who at one time were estranged and enemies in your mind in your wicked works, yet, now, hath he fully reconciled,

And you — once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,

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

in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

23 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.

if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that [is] under the heaven, of which I became — I Paul — a ministrant.

24 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,

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

25 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,

of which I — I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,

26 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)

the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints, (aiōn g165)

27 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, —

to whom God did will to make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations — which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

28 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;

whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

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

for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.