New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:1-14

1 1Paul, 2an apostle of Jesus Christ 3 4by the will of God, and 5Timothy 6our brother,

2To the 7 8saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: 9Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

3 10We give thanks to God, 11the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 12since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the 13love which you have 14for 15all the 16saints; 5because of the 17hope 18laid up for you in 19heaven, of which you previously 20heard in the word of truth, 21the gospel 6which has come to you, just as 22 23in all the world also it is constantly bearing 24fruit and 25increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you 26heard of it and 27understood the grace of God in truth; 7just as you learned it from 28Epaphras, our 29beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8and he also informed us of your 30love in the Spirit.

9For this reason also, 31since the day we heard of it, 32we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the 33 34knowledge of His will in all spiritual 35wisdom and understanding, 10so that you will 36walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, 37 38to please Him in all respects, 39bearing fruit in every good work and 40increasing in the 41knowledge of God; 11 42strengthened with all power, according to 43His glorious might, 44for the attaining of all steadfastness and 45patience; 46joyously 12giving thanks to 47the Father, who has qualified us 48to share in 49the inheritance of the 50saints in 51Light. 13 52For He rescued us from the 53 54domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of 55 56His beloved Son, 14 57in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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Notes

1. Colossians 1:1 Phil 1:1 ↩
2. Colossians 1:1 2 Cor 1:1 ↩
3. Colossians 1:1 Lit through ↩
4. Colossians 1:1 1 Cor 1:1 ↩
5. Colossians 1:1 2 Cor 1:1; 1 Thess 3:2 ↩
6. Colossians 1:1 Lit the ↩
7. Colossians 1:2 Or holy ones ↩
8. Colossians 1:2 Acts 9:13 ↩
9. Colossians 1:2 Rom 1:7 ↩
10. Colossians 1:3 Rom 1:8 ↩
11. Colossians 1:3 Rom 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
12. Colossians 1:4 Eph 1:15; Philem 5 ↩
13. Colossians 1:4 Gal 5:6 ↩
14. Colossians 1:4 Or toward ↩
15. Colossians 1:4 Eph 6:18 ↩
16. Colossians 1:4 Or holy ones ↩
17. Colossians 1:5 Acts 23:6 ↩
18. Colossians 1:5 2 Tim 4:8 ↩
19. Colossians 1:5 Lit the heavens ↩
20. Colossians 1:5 Eph 1:13 ↩
21. Colossians 1:5 Or of the gospel ↩
22. Colossians 1:6 Or it is in the world ↩
23. Colossians 1:6 Rom 10:18 ↩
24. Colossians 1:6 Rom 1:13 ↩
25. Colossians 1:6 Or spreading abroad ↩
26. Colossians 1:6 Eph 4:21 ↩
27. Colossians 1:6 Or came really to know ↩
28. Colossians 1:7 Col 4:12 ↩
29. Colossians 1:7 Col 4:7 ↩
30. Colossians 1:8 Rom 15:30 ↩
31. Colossians 1:9 Col 1:4 ↩
32. Colossians 1:9 Eph 1:16 ↩
33. Colossians 1:9 Or real knowledge ↩
34. Colossians 1:9 Phil 1:9 ↩
35. Colossians 1:9 Eph 1:17 ↩
36. Colossians 1:10 Eph 4:1 ↩
37. Colossians 1:10 Lit unto all pleasing ↩
38. Colossians 1:10 Eph 5:10 ↩
39. Colossians 1:10 Rom 1:13 ↩
40. Colossians 1:10 Or growing by the knowledge ↩
41. Colossians 1:10 Or real knowledge ↩
42. Colossians 1:11 1 Cor 16:13 ↩
43. Colossians 1:11 Lit the might of His glory ↩
44. Colossians 1:11 Lit unto all ↩
45. Colossians 1:11 Or patience with joy ↩
46. Colossians 1:11 Eph 4:2 ↩
47. Colossians 1:12 Eph 2:18 ↩
48. Colossians 1:12 Lit unto the portion of ↩
49. Colossians 1:12 Acts 20:32 ↩
50. Colossians 1:12 Or holy ones ↩
51. Colossians 1:12 Acts 26:18 ↩
52. Colossians 1:13 Lit Who rescued ↩
53. Colossians 1:13 Lit authority ↩
54. Colossians 1:13 Eph 6:12 ↩
55. Colossians 1:13 Lit the Son of His love ↩
56. Colossians 1:13 Eph 1:6 ↩
57. Colossians 1:14 Rom 3:24 ↩

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