Colossians 1

1 Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

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

2 to the holy ones and faithful brothers in Messiah at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

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

3 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, praying always for you,

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

4 having heard of your faith in Messiah Yeshua and of the love which you have towards all the holy ones,

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

5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

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 has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

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 even as you learnt from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Messiah on your behalf,

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

8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

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

9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

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 you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work 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 power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

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

12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the holy ones 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 delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

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

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

in whom we have redemption, the remission of sins:

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

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

16 For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through 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 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

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

18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have 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 all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell;

20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

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 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,

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

22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

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

23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

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 I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Messiah in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

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 of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me towards you to fulfil 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 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his holy ones, (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 whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery amongst the Gentiles, which is Messiah 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 We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Messiah Yeshua;

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

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