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Colossians 1

1PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,apostleἀπόστολοςapostolosG652ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424,byGod'swill,andTimotheusthebrotherἀδελφὸςadelphosG80,

2totheholyG40andfaithfulπιστοῖςpistoisG4103brethreninChristΧριστῷ·ChristōG5547which[are]inColosse.GraceχάριςcharisG5485toyouandpeaceεἰρήνηeirēnēG1515fromGodθεοῦtheouG2316ourFatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962[andLordJesusChristG5547].

3WegiveΕὐχαριστοῦμενEucharistoumenG2168thanksG2168totheGodθεῷtheōG2316andFatherπατρὶpatriG3962ofourLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547continually [when]prayingπροσευχόμενοι,proseuchomenoiG4336foryou,

4havingheardG191ofyourfaithπίστινpistinG4102inChristΧριστῷChristōG5547JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424,andtheloveἀγάπηνagapēnG26whichyehavetowardsallthesaintsἁγίους,hagiousG40,

5onaccountG3056ofthehopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680which[is]laidupforyouintheheavensοὐρανοῖςouranoisG3772;ofwhichyeheardbeforeinthewordλόγῳlogōG3056ofthetruthἀληθείαςalētheiasG225oftheglad tidings,

6whichareG1510cometoyou,as[theyareG1510]inalltheworldκόσμῳkosmōG2889, [and]areG1510bearingfruitκαρποφορούμενονkarpophoroumenonG2592andgrowingG837,evenG2532asalsoG2532amongyou,fromthedayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250yeheardG191[them]andknewG1921indeedthegraceχάρινcharinG5485ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,intruthἀληθείᾳ,alētheiaG225:

7evenasyelearnedἐμάθετεematheteG3129fromEpaphrasἘπαφρᾶEpaphraG1889ourbelovedἀγαπητοῦagapētouG27fellow-bondman,whoisG1510afaithfulπιστὸςpistosG4103ministerG1249ofChristΧριστοῦ,ChristouG5547foryou,

8whohasalsoκαὶkaiG2532manifestedtousyourloveἀγάπηνagapēnG26in[the]Spiritπνεύματι.¶pneumatiG4151.

9ForthisreasonwealsoG2532,fromthedayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250weheardG191[ofyourfaithandlove],donotceaseπαυόμεθαpauomethaG3973prayingπροσευχόμενοιproseuchomenoiG4336andaskingαἰτούμενοιaitoumenoiG154foryou,totheendthatyemaybefilledπληρωθῆτεplērōthēteG4137withthefullG4137knowledgeἐπίγνωσινepignōsinG1922ofhiswill,inallwisdomσοφίᾳsophiaG4678andspiritualπνευματικῇpneumatikēaG4152understandingσυνέσειsuneseiG4907,

10[soas]towalkπεριπατῆσαιperipatēsaiG4043worthilyἀξίωςaxiōsG516oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962untoallwell-pleasing,bearingfruitκαρποφοροῦντεςkarpophorountesG2592ineverygoodἀγαθῷagathōG18workἔργῳergōG2041,andgrowingαὐξανόμενοιauxanomenoiG837bythetrueknowledgeἐπιγνώσειepignōseiG1922ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316;

11strengthenedwithallpowerδυνάμειdunameiG1411accordingκατὰkataG2596tothemightofhisgloryG1391untoallenduranceὑπομονὴνhupomonēnG5281andlongsufferingwithjoyG5479;

12givingG2168thanksεὐχαριστοῦντεςeucharistountesG2168totheFatherπατρὶpatriG3962,whohasmadeusfitforsharingtheportionofthesaintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40inlightφωτί,phōtiG5457,

13whohasdeliveredἐρρύσατοerrusatoG4506usfromtheauthorityG1849ofdarknessσκότουςskotousG4655,andtranslated [us]intothekingdomβασιλείανbasileianG932oftheSonυἱοῦhuiouG5207ofhisloveG26:

14inwhomwehaveredemptionἀπολύτρωσινapolutrōsinG629,theforgivenessἄφεσινaphesinG859ofsinsἁμαρτιῶν·hamartiōnG266;

15whoisG1510imageεἰκὼνeikōnG1504oftheinvisibleἀοράτου,aoratouG517GodθεοῦtheouG2316,firstbornπρωτότοκοςprōtotokosG4416ofallcreationκτίσεως·ktiseōsG2937;

16becausebyhimwerecreatedallthingsπάνταpantaG3956,thethingsπάνταpantaG3956intheheavensοὐρανοῖςouranoisG3772andthethingsG3956upontheearthγῆς,gēsG1093,thevisibleandtheinvisibleἀόρατα,aorataG517,whetherthronesG2362,orlordships,orprincipalities,orauthoritiesἐξουσίαι·exousiaiG1849:allthingsG3956havebeencreatedbyhimandforhim.

17AndheisG1510beforeall,andallthingsG3956subsisttogetherbyhim.

18AndheisG1510theheadκεφαλὴkephalēG2776ofthebodyσώματοςsōmatosG4983,theassemblyG1577;whoisG1510[the]beginning,firstbornπρωτότοκοςprōtotokosG4416fromamongthedeadνεκρῶν,nekrōnG3498,thathemighthavethefirstplaceG1096inallthingsπᾶσινpasinG3956:

19forinhimallthefulness [oftheGodhead]waspleasedtodwellκατοικῆσαιkatoikēsaiG2730,

20andbyhimtoreconcileἀποκαταλλάξαιapokatallaxaiG604allthingsπάνταpantaG3956toitself, havingmadepeacebythebloodαἵματοςaimatosG129ofhiscrossσταυροῦstaurouG4716—byhim,whetherthethingsG3956ontheearthγῆςgēsG1093orthethingsG3956intheheavensοὐρανοῖς·ouranoisG3772.

21Andyou,whoonceποτεpoteG4218wereG1510alienatedandenemiesG2190inmindδιανοίᾳdianoiaG1271bywickedG4190worksG2041,yetnowG1161hasitreconciledG604

22inthebodyσώματιsōmatiG4983ofhisfleshσαρκὸςsarkosG4561throughdeathθανάτουthanatouG2288;topresentπαραστῆσαιparastēsaiG3936youholyἁγίουςhagiousG40andunblamableandirreproachablebeforeit,

23ifindeedye abideinthefaithπίστειpisteiG4102foundedG2311andfirmἑδραῖοιhedraioiG1476,andnotmovedawayG575fromthehopeἐλπίδοςelpidosG1680oftheglad tidings,whichyehaveheardG191,whichhavebeenproclaimedκηρυχθέντοςkēruchthentosG2784inthewholecreationκτίσειktiseiG2937which[is]underheavenοὐρανόν,ouranonG3772,ofwhichIPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972becameἐγενόμηνegenomēnG1096ministerδιάκονος.¶diakonosG1249.

24NowΝῦνNunG3568,IrejoiceχαίρωchairōG5463insufferingsforyou,andIfillupthatwhichisG1510behindofthetribulationsθλίψεωνthlipseōnG2347ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547inmyfleshσαρκίsarkiG4561,forhisbodyσώματοςsōmatosG4983,whichisG1510theassemblyG1577;

25ofwhichIbecameG1096ministerδιάκονοςdiakonosG1249,accordingκατὰkataG2596tothedispensationofGodθεοῦtheouG2316which[is]givenG1325metowardsyoutocompletethewordλόγονlogonG3056ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316,

26themysteryμυστήριονmustērionG3466which[hasbeen]hiddenfromagesαἰώνωνaiōnōnG165andfromgenerationsγενεῶν,geneōnG1074,buthasnowG1161beenmadeG5319manifestἐφανερώθηephanerōthēG5319tohissaintsἁγίοιςhagioisG40;

27towhomGodθεὸςtheosG2316wouldmakeγνωρίσαι,gnōrisaiG1107knownwhatareG1510therichesπλοῦτοςploutosG4149ofthegloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391ofthismysteryμυστηρίουmustēriouG3466amongthenationsG1484,whichisG1510ChristΧριστὸςChristosG5547inyouthehopeἐλπὶςelpisG1680ofgloryδόξης·doxēsG1391:

28whomweannounce,admonishingνουθετοῦντεςnouthetountesG3560everymanἄνθρωπονanthrōponG444,andteachingδιδάσκοντεςdidaskontesG1321everymanἄνθρωπονanthrōponG444,inallwisdomσοφίᾳ,sophiaG4678,totheendthatwemaypresentπαραστήσωμενparastēsōmenG3936everymanἄνθρωπονanthrōponG444perfectτέλειονteleionG5046inChristΧριστῷChristōG5547.

29WhereuntoalsoκαὶkaiG2532ItoilκοπιῶkopiōG2872, combatingaccordingκατὰkataG2596tohisworkingἐνεργουμένηνenergoumenēnG1754,whichworksG1754inmeinpowerδυνάμει.¶dunameiG1411.

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