New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 1:1-14

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

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

3 10We 11give thanks to God, 12the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 13since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the 14love which you have 15for 16all the 17saints; 5because of the 18hope 19reserved for you in 20heaven, of which you previously 21heard in the word of truth, 22the gospel 6which has come to you, just as 23 24in all the world also it is bearing 25fruit and 26increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you 27heard it and 28understood the grace of God in truth; 7just as you learned it from 29Epaphras, our 30beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8and he also informed us of your 31love in the Spirit.

9For this reason we also, 32since the day we heard about it, 33have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the 34 35knowledge of His will in all spiritual 36wisdom and understanding, 10so that you will 37walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, 38 39to please Him in all respects, 40bearing fruit in every good work and 41increasing in the 42knowledge of God; 11 43strengthened with all power, according to 44His glorious might, 45for the attaining of all perseverance and 46patience; 47joyously 12giving thanks to 48the Father, who has qualified us 49to share in 50the inheritance of the 51saints in 52light. 13 53For He rescued us from the 54 55domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of 56 57His beloved Son, 14 58in 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 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
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 Or always give...praying for you ↩
12. Colossians 1:3 Rom 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
13. Colossians 1:4 Eph 1:15; Philem 5 ↩
14. Colossians 1:4 Gal 5:6 ↩
15. Colossians 1:4 Or toward ↩
16. Colossians 1:4 Eph 6:18 ↩
17. Colossians 1:4 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
18. Colossians 1:5 Acts 23:6 ↩
19. Colossians 1:5 2 Tim 4:8 ↩
20. Colossians 1:5 Lit the heavens ↩
21. Colossians 1:5 Eph 1:13 ↩
22. Colossians 1:5 Or of the gospel ↩
23. Colossians 1:6 Or it is in all the world also, bearing ↩
24. Colossians 1:6 Rom 10:18 ↩
25. Colossians 1:6 Rom 1:13 ↩
26. Colossians 1:6 Or spreading abroad ↩
27. Colossians 1:6 Eph 4:21 ↩
28. Colossians 1:6 Or came to fully know ↩
29. Colossians 1:7 Col 4:12 ↩
30. Colossians 1:7 Col 4:7 ↩
31. Colossians 1:8 Rom 15:30 ↩
32. Colossians 1:9 Col 1:4 ↩
33. Colossians 1:9 Eph 1:16 ↩
34. Colossians 1:9 Or real knowledge ↩
35. Colossians 1:9 Phil 1:9 ↩
36. Colossians 1:9 Eph 1:17 ↩
37. Colossians 1:10 Eph 4:1 ↩
38. Colossians 1:10 Lit unto all pleasing ↩
39. Colossians 1:10 Eph 5:10 ↩
40. Colossians 1:10 Rom 1:13 ↩
41. Colossians 1:10 Or growing by the knowledge ↩
42. Colossians 1:10 Or real knowledge ↩
43. Colossians 1:11 1 Cor 16:13 ↩
44. Colossians 1:11 Lit the might of His glory ↩
45. Colossians 1:11 Lit unto all ↩
46. Colossians 1:11 Or patience with joy ↩
47. Colossians 1:11 Eph 4:2 ↩
48. Colossians 1:12 Eph 2:18 ↩
49. Colossians 1:12 Lit unto the portion of ↩
50. Colossians 1:12 Acts 20:32 ↩
51. Colossians 1:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
52. Colossians 1:12 Acts 26:18 ↩
53. Colossians 1:13 Lit Who rescued ↩
54. Colossians 1:13 Lit authority ↩
55. Colossians 1:13 Eph 6:12 ↩
56. Colossians 1:13 Lit the Son of His love ↩
57. Colossians 1:13 Eph 1:6 ↩
58. Colossians 1:14 Rom 3:24 ↩

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