New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:1-11

1 1PaulG3972, 2an apostleG652 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547 3 4by the willG2307 of GodG2316, and 5TimothyG5095 6our brotherG80,

2To the 7 8saintsG40 and faithfulG4103 brethrenG80 in ChristG5547 who are at ColossaeG2857: 9GraceG5485 to you and peaceG1515 from GodG2316 our FatherG3962.

3 10We giveG2168 thanksG2168 to GodG2316, 11the FatherG3962 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, prayingG4336 alwaysG3842 for you, 4 12since we heardG191 of your faithG4102 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424 and the 13loveG26 whichG3739 you haveG2192 14for 15allG3956 the 16saintsG40; 5becauseG1223 of the 17hopeG1680 18laidG606 up for you in 19heavenG3772, of whichG3739 you previouslyG4257 20heardG4257 in the wordG3056 of truthG225, 21the gospelG2098 6which has comeG3918 to you, justG2531 as 22 23in allG3956 the worldG2889 alsoG2532 it is constantly bearingG2592 24fruitG2592 and 25increasingG837, evenG2531 as it has been doing in you alsoG2532 sinceG575 the dayG2250 you 26heardG191 of it and 27understoodG1921 the graceG5485 of GodG2316 in truthG225; 7justG2531 as you learnedG3129 it from 28EpaphrasG1889, our 29belovedG27 fellowG4889 bond-servantG4889, whoG3739 is a faithfulG4103 servantG1249 of ChristG5547 on our behalfG5228, 8and he alsoG2532 informedG1213 us of your 30loveG26 in the SpiritG4151.

9For thisG3778 reasonG1223 alsoG2532, 31sinceG575 the dayG2250 we heardG191 of it, 32we have not ceasedG3973 to prayG4336 for you and to askG154 that you may be filledG4137 with the 33 34knowledgeG1922 of His willG2307 in allG3956 spiritualG4152 35wisdomG4678 and understandingG4907, 10so that you will 36walkG4043 in a mannerG516 worthyG516 of the LordG2962, 37 38to pleaseG699 Him in allG3956 respectsG3956, 39bearingG2592 fruitG2592 in everyG3956 goodG18 workG2041 and 40increasingG837 in the 41knowledgeG1922 of GodG2316; 11 42strengthenedG1412 with allG3956 powerG1411, accordingG2596 to 43His gloriousG1391 mightG2904, 44for the attaining of allG3956 steadfastnessG5281 and 45patienceG3115; 46joyouslyG5479

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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 ↩

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