Colossians 1

1 Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy,

Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother,

2 to the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and Sovereign Jesus Christ.

to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ which [are] in Colosse. Grace to you and peace from God our Father [and Lord Jesus Christ].

3 We always give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,

4 (having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love toward all the saints),

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,

5 because of the hope that is being reserved for you in the heavens, of which you have already heard through the Word of the Truth

on account of the hope which [is] laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,

6 (the Gospel that has come to you just as also in all the world, where it is producing fruit and growing just as also among you, from the day in which you heard about and truly understood God's grace),

which are come to you, as [they are] in all the world, [and] are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard [them] and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:

7 even as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

8 who also reported to us your love in spirit.

who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit.

9 For this very reason, since the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the real knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

For this reason we also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10 in order for you to walk worthily of the Lord, pleasing Him in every way, being fruitful in every good work and growing into the real knowledge of God;

[so as] to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;

11 being enabled with all capability according to the strength that resides in His glory, for all endurance and steadfastness.

strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;

12 Nor have we stopped giving thanks joyfully to the Father who has qualified us for the share in the inheritance of the saints in the Light;

giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,

13 who delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

14 in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins.

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;

15 He is the visible representation of the invisible God, ‘Firstborn’ over all creation,

who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;

16 because by Him all things were created—those in the heavens and those on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.

17 Yes, He is before all, and in Him all things subsist.

And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

18 Also, He is the Head of the body, the Church. He is Beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that He may be preeminent in everything,

And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:

19 because in Him all the Fullness was pleased to dwell

for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell,

20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross—through Him, whether things on the earth or things on the heavens.

and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross — by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.

21 So now He has reconciled you as well (you who once were alienated and hostile in your mind because of your wicked works),

And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled

22 by His physical body through His death, so as to present you before Him holy and blameless and above reproach—

in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it,

23 if, that is, you continue in the Faith established and firm, not drifting away from the hope of the Gospel, that you heard and that was proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which I Paul became minister.

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf and supplement in my flesh the things lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the Church,

Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;

25 of which I became a servant according to the stewardship from God that was given to me towards you, to complete the Word of God,

of which I became minister, according to the dispensation of God which [is] given me towards you to complete the word of God,

26 the secret that has been hidden from past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints; (aiōn g165)

the mystery which [has been] hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints; (aiōn g165)

27 to whom God resolved to make known who is the wealth of the glory of this secret among the nations, namely Christ in you, the hope of glory;

to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory:

28 whom we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ.

whom we announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.

29 It is to this end that I labor, striving according to His working that works through me with power.

Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power.