New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 1:3-14

3 1We 2give thanks to God, 3the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 4since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the 5love which you have 6for 7all the 8saints; 5because of the 9hope 10reserved for you in 11heaven, of which you previously 12heard in the word of truth, 13the gospel 6which has come to you, just as 14 15in all the world also it is bearing 16fruit and 17increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you 18heard it and 19understood the grace of God in truth; 7just as you learned it from 20Epaphras, our 21beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, 8and he also informed us of your 22love in the Spirit.

9For this reason we also, 23since the day we heard about it, 24have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the 25 26knowledge of His will in all spiritual 27wisdom and understanding, 10so that you will 28walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, 29 30to please Him in all respects, 31bearing fruit in every good work and 32increasing in the 33knowledge of God; 11 34strengthened with all power, according to 35His glorious might, 36for the attaining of all perseverance and 37patience; 38joyously 12giving thanks to 39the Father, who has qualified us 40to share in 41the inheritance of the 42saints in 43light. 13 44For He rescued us from the 45 46domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of 47 48His beloved Son, 14 49in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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Notes

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

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