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    Colossians

    Colossians 1

    1 From: a1:1 The Gk. lacks From Paul, an apostle of the Messiah b1:1 Or Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother.ISV — Colossians 1:1

    2 To: The holy c1:2 Or to the saints and faithful brothers in Colossae who are in union with the Messiah. d1:2 Or Christ May grace and peace from God our Father e1:2 Other mss. read from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah be yours!ISV — Colossians 1:2

    3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, f1:3 Or Christ praying always for you,ISV — Colossians 1:3

    4 because we have heard about your faith in the Messiah g1:4 Or Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints,ISV — Colossians 1:4

    5 based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope h1:5 Lit. about it through the word of truth, the gospelISV — Colossians 1:5

    6 that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing i1:6 The Gk. lacks it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.ISV — Colossians 1:6

    7 You learned about this gospel j1:7 Lit. Just as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of the Messiah k1:7 Or Christ on your l1:7 Other mss. read our behalf.ISV — Colossians 1:7

    8 He has told us about your love in the Spirit.ISV — Colossians 1:8

    9 For this reason, since the day we heard about this, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of God’s m1:9 Lit. his will with respect to all spiritual wisdom and understanding,ISV — Colossians 1:9

    10 so that you might live in a manner worthy of the Lord and be fully pleasing to him n1:10 Lit. to all pleasing as you bear fruit while doing all kinds of good things and growing in the full knowledge of God.ISV — Colossians 1:10

    11 You are being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might, so that you might patiently endure everything with joyISV — Colossians 1:11

    12 and might thank the Father, who has enabled us o1:12 Other mss. read you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.ISV — Colossians 1:12

    13 God p1:13 Lit. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,ISV — Colossians 1:13

    14 through whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.ISV — Colossians 1:14

    15 The Son q1:15 Lit. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.ISV — Colossians 1:15

    16 For by him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether they are kings, r1:16 Lit. thrones lords, rulers, or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.ISV — Colossians 1:16

    17 He himself existed before anything else did, and he holds all things together.ISV — Colossians 1:17

    18 He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.ISV — Colossians 1:18

    19 For God s1:19 Lit. he was pleased to have all of his divine essence t1:19 Lit. all of the fullness inhabit him.ISV — Colossians 1:19

    20 Through the Son, u1:20 Lit. Through him God v1:20 Lit. he also reconciled all things to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, thereby making peace through the blood of his cross.ISV — Colossians 1:20

    21 You who were once alienated with a hostile attitude, doing evil, w1:21 Lit. in evil deedsISV — Colossians 1:21

    22 he has now reconciled by the death of his physical body, so that he may present you holy, blameless, and without fault before him.ISV — Colossians 1:22

    23 However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. x1:23 Or ministerISV — Colossians 1:23

    24 Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah’s y1:24 Or Christ’s sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.ISV — Colossians 1:24

    25 I became its servant z1:25 Or minister as God commissioned me to work for you, so that I may complete my ministry of aa1:25 The Gk. lacks the ministry of the word of God.ISV — Colossians 1:25

    26 This secret was hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints,ISV — Colossians 1:26

    27 to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the gentiles—which is the Messiah bb1:27 Or Christ in you, our glorious hope.ISV — Colossians 1:27

    28 It is he whom we proclaim as we admonish and wisely teach everyone, so that we may present everyone mature cc1:28 Or complete in the Messiah. dd1:28 Or ChristISV — Colossians 1:28

    29 I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.ISV — Colossians 1:29

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