New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 1:3-14

3 1We 2giveG2168 thanksG2168 to GodG2316, 3the FatherG3962 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, prayingG4336 alwaysG3842 for you, 4 4since we heardG191 of your faithG4102 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424 and the 5loveG26 whichG3739 you haveG2192 6for 7allG3956 the 8saintsG40; 5becauseG1223 of the 9hopeG1680 10reservedG606 for you in 11heavenG3772, of whichG3739 you previouslyG4257 12heardG4257 in the wordG3056 of truthG225, 13the gospelG2098 6which has comeG3918 to you, justG2531 asG2531 14 15in allG3956 the worldG2889 alsoG2532 it is bearingG2592 16fruitG2592 and 17increasingG837, evenG2531 G2532 asG2531 it has been doing in you alsoG2532 sinceG575 the dayG2250 you 18heardG191 it and 19understoodG1921 the graceG5485 of GodG2316 in truthG225; 7justG2531 asG2531 you learnedG3129 it from 20EpaphrasG1889, our 21belovedG27 fellowG4889 bond-servantG4889, whoG3739 is a faithfulG4103 servantG1249 of ChristG5547 onG5228 our behalfG5228, 8and he alsoG2532 informedG1213 us of your 22loveG26 in the SpiritG4151.

9For thisG3778 reasonG1223 we alsoG2532, 23sinceG575 the dayG2250 we heardG191 about it, 24have not ceasedG3973 prayingG4336 for you and askingG154 that you may be filledG4137 with the 25 26knowledgeG1922 of His willG2307 in allG3956 spiritualG4152 27wisdomG4678 and understandingG4907, 10so that you will 28walkG4043 inG516 aG516 mannerG516 worthyG516 of the LordG2962, 29 30to pleaseG699 Him in allG3956 respectsG3956, 31bearingG2592 fruitG2592 in everyG3956 goodG18 workG2041 and 32increasingG837 in the 33knowledgeG1922 of GodG2316; 11 34strengthenedG1412 with allG3956 powerG1411, accordingG2596 to 35His gloriousG1391 mightG2904, 36for the attaining of allG3956 perseveranceG5281 and 37patienceG3115; 38joyouslyG3326 G5479 12givingG2168 thanksG2168 to 39the FatherG3962, who has qualifiedG2427 us 40to shareG3310 in 41the inheritanceG2819 of the 42saintsG40 in 43lightG5457. 13 44For He rescuedG4506 us from the 45 46domainG1849 of darknessG4655, and transferredG3179 us to the kingdomG932 of 47 48His belovedG26 SonG5207, 14 49in whomG3739 we haveG2192 redemptionG629, the forgivenessG859 of sinsG266.

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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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