Colossians 1 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 1

Paul,

an apostle

of Christ

Jesus

by

the will

of God,

and

Timothy

our

brother,

To the

saints

in

Colossae,

the faithful

brothers

in

Christ:

Grace

and

peace

to you

from

God

our

Father.

We always thank

God,

the Father

of our

Lord

Jesus

Christ,

when we pray

for

you,

because we have heard about

your

faith

in

Christ

Jesus

and

your

love

for

all

the

saints,

springing from

the

hope

that

is stored up

for you

in

heaven

and that

you already heard about

in

the

word

of truth,

the

gospel

that

has come

to

you.

All

over

the

world

this gospel is

bearing fruit

and

growing,

just as

it has been doing

among

you

since

the

day

you heard it

and

truly

understood

the

grace

of God.

You learned it

from

Epaphras,

our

beloved

fellow servant,

who

is

a faithful

minister

of Christ

on our

behalf,

and who

also

informed

us

of your

love

in

the Spirit.

For this reason,

since

the

day

we heard about you,

we

have not

stopped

praying

for

you

and

asking

God to

fill you with

the

knowledge

of

His

will

in

all

spiritual

wisdom

and

understanding,

so that you may walk

in a manner worthy

of the

Lord

and may please Him

in

every way:

bearing fruit

in

every

good

work,

growing

in the

knowledge

of God,

being strengthened

with

all

power

according to

His

glorious

might

so that you may have

full

endurance

and

patience,

and joyfully

giving thanks

to the

Father,

who

has qualified

you

to share

in the

inheritance

of the

saints

in

the

light.

He

has rescued

us

from

the

dominion

of darkness

and

brought us

into

the

kingdom

of

His

beloved

Son,

in

whom

we have

redemption,

the

forgiveness

of sins.

The Son

is

the image

of the

invisible

God,

the firstborn

over all

creation.

For

in

Him

all things

were created,

things in

heaven

and

on

earth,

visible

and

invisible,

whether

thrones

or

dominions

or

rulers

or

authorities.

All things

were created

through

Him

and

for

Him.

He

is

before

all things,

and

in

Him

all things

hold together.

And

He

is

the

head

of the

body,

the

church;

He

is

the

beginning

and firstborn

from among

the

dead,

so that

in

all things

He

may

have preeminence.

For

God was pleased to have

all

His

fullness

dwell

in

Him,

and

through

Him

to reconcile

to

Himself

all things,

whether

things

on

earth

or

things

in

heaven,

by making peace

through

the

blood

of

His

cross.

Once

you

were

alienated from God

and

were hostile

in

your minds

because of

your

evil

deeds.

But

now

He has reconciled you

by

Christ’s

physical

body

through

death

to present

you

holy,

unblemished,

and

blameless

in His presence—

if

indeed

you continue

in your faith,

established

and

firm,

not

moved

from

the

hope

of the

gospel

you heard,

which

has been proclaimed

in

all

creation

under

heaven,

and of which

I,

Paul,

have become

a servant.

Now

I rejoice

in

my

sufferings

for you,

and

I fill up

in

my

flesh

what

is lacking

in regard to

Christ’s

afflictions

for the sake of

His

body,

which

is

the

church.

I

became

its

servant

by

the

commission

God

gave

me

to fully proclaim

to

you

the

word

of God,

the

mystery

that

was hidden

for

ages

and

generations

but

is now revealed

to

His

saints,

to whom

God

has chosen

to make known

among

the

Gentiles

the

glorious

riches

of this

mystery,

which

is

Christ

in

you,

the

hope

of

glory.

We

proclaim

Him,

admonishing

and

teaching

everyone

with

all

wisdom,

so that

we may present

everyone

perfect

in

Christ.

To

this end

I labor,

striving

with all

His

energy

working

powerfully

within

me.

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