Colossians 1
Thankfulness for Spiritual Attainments
1 aPaul, ban apostle of Christ Jesus ▼▼Lit through
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dby the will of God, and eTimothy ▼▼Lit the
our brother, 2 To the ▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
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hsaints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who are at Colossae: iGrace to you and peace from God our Father. 3 jWe ▼▼Or always give...praying for you
give thanks to God, lthe Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 msince we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the nlove which you have ▼▼Or toward
for pall the ▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
saints; 5because of the rhope sreserved for you in ▼▼Lit the heavens
heaven, of which you previously uheard in the word of truth, ▼▼Or of the gospel
the gospel 6which has come to you, just as ▼▼Or it is in all the world also, bearing
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xin all the world also it is bearing yfruit and ▼▼Or spreading abroad
increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you aaheard it and ▼▼Or came to fully know
understood the grace of God in truth; 7just as you learned it from acEpaphras, our adbeloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8and he also informed us of your aelove in the Spirit. 9 For this reason we also, afsince the day we heard about it, aghave not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the ▼▼Or real knowledge
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aiknowledge of His will in all spiritual ajwisdom and understanding, 10so that you will akwalk in a manner worthy of the Lord, ▼▼Lit unto all pleasing
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amto please Him in all respects, anbearing fruit in every good work and ▼▼Or growing by the knowledge
increasing in the ▼▼Or real knowledge
knowledge of God; 11 aqstrengthened with all power, according to ▼▼Lit the might of His glory
His glorious might, ▼▼Lit unto all
for the attaining of all perseverance and ▼▼Or patience with joy
patience; aujoyously 12giving thanks to avthe Father, who has qualified us ▼▼Lit unto the portion of
to share in axthe inheritance of the ▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
saints in azlight. The Incomparable Christ
13 ▼▼Lit Who rescued
For He rescued us from the ▼▼Lit authority
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bcdomain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of ▼▼Lit the Son of His love
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beHis beloved Son, 14 bfin whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15 ▼▼Lit Who is
He is the bhimage of the biinvisible God, the bjfirstborn of all creation: 16for ▼▼Or in
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blby Him all things were created, bmboth in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether bnthrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities-- boall things have been created through Him and for Him. 17He ▼▼Or has existed prior to
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bqis before all things, and in Him all things ▼▼Or endure
hold together. 18He is also the bshead of btthe body, the church; and He is buthe beginning, bvthe firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19For ▼▼Or all the fullness was pleased to dwell
it was bxthe Father’s good pleasure for all bythe ▼▼I.e., fullness of deity
fullness to dwell in Him, 20and through Him to careconcile all things to Himself, cbwhether things on earth or things in ▼▼Lit the heavens
heaven, having made cdpeace through cethe blood of His cross. 21 And although you were cfpreviously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds, 22yet He has now cgreconciled you in His chbody of flesh through death, in order to cipresent you before Him cjholy and blameless and beyond reproach-- 23if indeed you continue in ▼▼Or in faith
the faith firmly clestablished and steadfast, and not shifting from the cmhope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed cnin all creation under heaven, coand of which I, Paul, ▼▼Lit became
was made a ▼▼Or servant
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crminister. 24 csNow I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh ctI am supplementing what is lacking ▼▼Lit of
in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of cvHis body, which is the church. 25 cwI ▼▼Lit became
was made a minister of this church according to the cycommission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might ▼▼Lit make full the word of God
fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, 26that is, dathe mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His ▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
saints, 27to whom dcGod willed to make known what ddthe wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is deChrist in you, the dfhope of glory. 28We proclaim Him, dgadmonishing every person and teaching every person ▼▼Lit in
with all diwisdom, so that we may djpresent every person ▼▼Or perfect
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dlcomplete in Christ. 29For this purpose I also dmlabor, dnstriving doaccording to His ▼▼Lit working
power which ▼▼Lit in power
works mightily within me.
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