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Colossians 1:1-14

1PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,anapostleἀπόστολοςapostolosG652ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424throughthewillofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,andTimothyΤιμόθεοςTimotheosG5095ourbrotherἀδελφὸςadelphosG80,

2tothesaintsἁγίοιςhagioisG40andfaithfulπιστοῖςpistoisG4103brethreninChristΧριστῷ·ChristōG5547thatareatColossæ:GraceχάριςcharisG5485toyouandpeaceεἰρήνηeirēnēG1515fromGodθεοῦtheouG2316ourFatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962.

3WegiveΕὐχαριστοῦμενEucharistoumenG2168thanksG2168toGodθεῷtheōG2316theFatherπατρὶpatriG3962ofourLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547,prayingπροσευχόμενοι,proseuchomenoiG4336alwaysG3842foryou,

4havingheardG191ofyourfaithπίστινpistinG4102inChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424,andoftheloveἀγάπηνagapēnG26whichyehavetowardallthesaintsἁγίους,hagiousG40,

5becauseofthehopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680whichislaidupforyouintheheavensοὐρανοῖςouranoisG3772, whereof yeheardbeforeinthewordλόγῳlogōG3056ofthetruthἀληθείαςalētheiasG225ofthegospelεὐαγγελίουeuangeliouG2098,

6whichisG1510comeuntoyou;evenG2532asitisG1510alsoG2532inalltheworldκόσμῳkosmōG2889bearingfruitκαρποφορούμενονkarpophoroumenonG2592andincreasingG837,asitdothinyoualsoG2532,sincethedayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250yeheardG191andknewG1921thegraceχάρινcharinG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316intruthἀληθείᾳ,alētheiaG225;

7evenasyelearnedἐμάθετεematheteG3129ofEpaphrasἘπαφρᾶEpaphraG1889ourbelovedἀγαπητοῦagapētouG27fellow-servant,whoisG1510afaithfulπιστὸςpistosG4103ministerG1249ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547onourbehalfὑπὲρhuperG5228,

8whoalsoκαὶkaiG2532declared untousyourloveἀγάπηνagapēnG26intheSpiritπνεύματι.¶pneumatiG4151.

9ForthiscausewealsoG2532,sincethedayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250weheardG191it,donotceaseπαυόμεθαpauomethaG3973toprayπροσευχόμενοιproseuchomenoiG4336andmakerequestG154foryou,thatyemaybefilledπληρωθῆτεplērōthēteG4137withtheknowledgeἐπίγνωσινepignōsinG1922ofhiswillinallspiritualπνευματικῇpneumatikēaG4152wisdomσοφίᾳsophiaG4678andunderstandingσυνέσειsuneseiG4907,

10towalkπεριπατῆσαιperipatēsaiG4043worthilyἀξίωςaxiōsG516oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962untoallpleasing,bearingfruitκαρποφοροῦντεςkarpophorountesG2592ineverygoodἀγαθῷagathōG18workἔργῳergōG2041,andincreasingG837intheknowledgeἐπιγνώσειepignōseiG1922ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316;

11strengthenedwithallpowerδυνάμειdunameiG1411,accordingκατὰkataG2596tothemightofhisgloryG1391, untoallpatienceμακροθυμίανmakrothumianG3115andlongsufferingwithjoyG5479;

12givingG2168thanksεὐχαριστοῦντεςeucharistountesG2168untotheFatherπατρὶpatriG3962,whomadeusmeettobepartakersoftheinheritanceκλήρουklērouG2819ofthesaintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40inlightφωτί,phōtiG5457;

13whodeliveredἐρρύσατοerrusatoG4506usoutofthepowerG1849ofdarknessσκότουςskotousG4655,andtranslatedusintothekingdomβασιλείανbasileianG932oftheSonυἱοῦhuiouG5207ofhisloveG26;

14inwhomwehaveourredemptionἀπολύτρωσινapolutrōsinG629,theforgivenessἄφεσινaphesinG859ofoursinsἁμαρτιῶν·hamartiōnG266:

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