New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:3-14

3 1We giveG2168 thanksG2168 to GodG2316, 2the FatherG3962 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, prayingG4336 alwaysG3842 for you, 4 3since we heardG191 of your faithG4102 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424 and the 4loveG26 whichG3739 you haveG2192 5for 6allG3956 the 7saintsG40; 5becauseG1223 of the 8hopeG1680 9laidG606 up for you in 10heavenG3772, of whichG3739 you previouslyG4257 11heardG4257 in the wordG3056 of truthG225, 12the gospelG2098 6which has comeG3918 to you, justG2531 as 13 14in allG3956 the worldG2889 alsoG2532 it is constantly bearingG2592 15fruitG2592 and 16increasingG837, evenG2531 as it has been doing in you alsoG2532 sinceG575 the dayG2250 you 17heardG191 of it and 18understoodG1921 the graceG5485 of GodG2316 in truthG225; 7justG2531 as you learnedG3129 it from 19EpaphrasG1889, our 20belovedG27 fellowG4889 bond-servantG4889, whoG3739 is a faithfulG4103 servantG1249 of ChristG5547 on our behalfG5228, 8and he alsoG2532 informedG1213 us of your 21loveG26 in the SpiritG4151.

9For thisG3778 reasonG1223 alsoG2532, 22sinceG575 the dayG2250 we heardG191 of it, 23we have not ceasedG3973 to prayG4336 for you and to askG154 that you may be filledG4137 with the 24 25knowledgeG1922 of His willG2307 in allG3956 spiritualG4152 26wisdomG4678 and understandingG4907, 10so that you will 27walkG4043 in a mannerG516 worthyG516 of the LordG2962, 28 29to pleaseG699 Him in allG3956 respectsG3956, 30bearingG2592 fruitG2592 in everyG3956 goodG18 workG2041 and 31increasingG837 in the 32knowledgeG1922 of GodG2316; 11 33strengthenedG1412 with allG3956 powerG1411, accordingG2596 to 34His gloriousG1391 mightG2904, 35for the attaining of allG3956 steadfastnessG5281 and 36patienceG3115; 37joyouslyG5479 12givingG2168 thanksG2168 to 38the FatherG3962, who has qualifiedG2427 us 39to shareG3310 in 40the inheritanceG2819 of the 41saintsG40 in 42LightG5457. 13 43For He rescuedG4506 us from the 44 45domainG1849 of darknessG4655, and transferredG3179 us to the kingdomG932 of 46 47His belovedG26 SonG5207, 14 48in whomG3739 we haveG2192 redemptionG629, the forgivenessG859 of sinsG266.

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Notes

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

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