Colossians 1

1PaulG3972, an apostleG652 of ChristG5547 JesusG2424 through the will of GodG2316, and TimothyG5095 our brotherG80, 2to the saintsG40 and faithfulG4103 brethren in ChristG5547that areat Colossæ: GraceG5485 to you and peaceG1515 from GodG2316 our FatherG3962.

3We giveG2168 thanksG2168 to GodG2316 the FatherG3962 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, prayingG4336 alwaysG3842 for you, 4having heardG191 of your faithG4102 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424, and of the loveG26 which ye have toward all the saintsG40, 5because of the hopeG1680 which is laid up for you in the heavensG3772, whereof ye heard before in the wordG3056 of the truthG225 of the gospelG2098, 6which isG1510 come unto you; evenG2532 as it isG1510 alsoG2532 in all the worldG2889 bearing fruitG2592 and increasingG837, as it doth in you alsoG2532, since the dayG2250 ye heardG191 and knewG1921 the graceG5485 of GodG2316 in truthG225; 7even as ye learnedG3129 of EpaphrasG1889 our belovedG27 fellow-servant, who isG1510 a faithfulG4103 ministerG1249 of ChristG5547 on our behalfG5228, 8who alsoG2532 declared unto us your loveG26 in the SpiritG4151.

9For this cause we alsoG2532, since the dayG2250 we heardG191 it, do not ceaseG3973 to prayG4336 and make requestG154 for you, that ye may be filledG4137 with the knowledgeG1922 of his will in all spiritualG4152 wisdomG4678 and understandingG4907, 10to walkG4043 worthilyG516 of the LordG2962 unto all pleasing, bearing fruitG2592 in every goodG18 workG2041, and increasingG837 in the knowledgeG1922 of GodG2316; 11strengthened with all powerG1411, accordingG2596 to the might of his gloryG1391, unto all patienceG3115 and longsuffering with joyG5479; 12givingG2168 thanksG2168 unto the FatherG3962, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritanceG2819 of the saintsG40 in lightG5457; 13who deliveredG4506 us out of the powerG1849 of darknessG4655, and translated us into the kingdomG932 of the SonG5207 of his loveG26; 14in whom we have our redemptionG629, the forgivenessG859 of our sinsG266: 15who isG1510 the imageG1504 of the invisibleG517 GodG2316, the firstbornG4416 of all creationG2937; 16for in him were all thingsG3956 created, in the heavensG3772 and upon the earthG1093, thingsG3956 visible and thingsG3956 invisibleG517, whether thronesG2362 or dominions or principalities or powersG1849; all thingsG3956 have been created through him, and unto him; 17and he isG1510 before all thingsG3956, and in him all thingsG3956 consist. 18And he isG1510 the headG2776 of the bodyG4983, the churchG1577: who isG1510 the beginning, the firstbornG4416 from the deadG3498; that in all thingsG3956 he might have the preeminence. 19For it was the good pleasureG2106 of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwellG2730; 20and through him to reconcileG604 all thingsG3956 unto himself, having made peace through the bloodG129 of his crossG4716; through him, I say, whether thingsG3956 upon the earthG1093, or thingsG3956 in the heavensG3772. 21And you, beingG1510 in timeG4218 past alienated and enemiesG2190 in your mindG1271 in your evilG4190 worksG2041, 22yet nowG1161 hath he reconciledG604 in the bodyG4983 of his fleshG4561 through deathG2288, to presentG3936 you holyG40 and without blemish and unreproveable before him: 23if so be that ye continueG1961 in the faithG4102, grounded and stedfast, and not moved awayG575 from the hopeG1680 of the gospelG2098 which ye heardG191, which was preachedG2784 in all creationG2937 under heavenG3772; whereof I PaulG3972 was made a ministerG1249.

24NowG3568 I rejoiceG5463 in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which isG1510 lackingG5303 of the afflictionsG2347 of ChristG5547 in my fleshG4561 for his body’s sake, which isG1510 the churchG1577; 25whereof I was made a ministerG1249, accordingG2596 to the dispensation of GodG2316 which was givenG1325 me to you-ward, to fulfil the wordG3056 of GodG2316, 26evenG2532 the mysteryG3466 which hath been hid for agesG165 and generationsG1074: but nowG1161 hath it been manifestedG5319 to his saintsG40, 27to whom GodG2316 wasG1510 pleased to makeG1107 known what isG1510 the richesG4149 of the gloryG1391 of this mysteryG3466 among the GentilesG1484, which isG1510 ChristG5547 in you, the hopeG1680 of gloryG1391: 28whom we proclaimG2605, admonishingG3560 every manG444 and teachingG1321 every manG444 in all wisdomG4678, that we may presentG3936 every manG444 perfectG5046 in ChristG5547; 29whereunto I laborG2872 alsoG2532, strivingG75 accordingG2596 to his workingG1754, which worketh in me mightily.