Colossians 1

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

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy my brother, —

2 to the saints who are in Colossae and the faithful brethren in Christ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Unto the holy and faithful brethren in Christ that are, in Colosse, favour unto you, and peace, from our God and Father.

3 We give thanks to God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

We are giving thanks unto God, the Father of our Lord Jesus [Christ], always, for you, offering prayer, —

4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the divine love which you have toward all the saints.

Having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which ye have unto all the saints, —

5 on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Because of the hope that is lying by for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before, in the word of the truth of the glad-message,

6 having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;

When it presented itself unto you; even as, in all the world also, it is bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day when ye heard, and came personally to know the favour of God in truth,

7 as you have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is the faithful minister of Christ your behalf,

Even as ye learned [it] from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is faithful in our behalf, as a minister of the Christ,

8 who also having revealed to us your divine love in the Spirit.

Who also hath made evident unto us your love in spirit.

9 Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

For this cause, we also, from the day when we heard [of you], cease not, in your behalf, praying and asking—that ye may be filled unto the personal knowledge of his will, in all spiritual wisdom and discernment,

10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God.

So as to walk worthily of the Lord, unto all pleasing, in every good work, bearing fruit, and growing in the personal knowledge of God,

11 being impowered with all power, according to the might of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy;

With all power, being empowered, according to the grasp of his glory, unto all endurance and long-suffering with joy,

12 giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;

Giving thanks unto the Father that hath made you sufficient for your share in the inheritance of the saints in the light,

13 who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

Who hath rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

14 in whom we have redemption, the remission of sins:

In whom, we have our redemption—the remission of our sins, —

15 who is the image of the invisible God, being the first begotten of all creation,

Who, is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn of all creation, —

16 because in him all things are created, in the heavens and upon the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All things were created by him, and unto him;

Because, in him, were created all things in the heavens and upon the earth, the things seen and the things unseen, whether thrones or lordships or principalities or authorities, —they all, through him and for him, have been created,

17 and he before all things, and all things consist in him:

And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;

18 and himself is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, in order that in all things himself may be preeminent:

And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent; —

19 because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell;

Because, in him, was all the fullness well pleased to dwell,

20 and through him, to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross: through him, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

And, through him, fully to reconcile all things unto him, making peace through the blood of his cross, —[through him]—whether the things upon the earth or the things in the heavens;

21 And you, being at one time aliens and enemies in your minds on account of wicked works, nevertheless he has now reconciled

And, you, who at one time were estranged and enemies in your mind in your wicked works, yet, now, hath he fully reconciled,

22 in the body of his cross through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreprovable before him,

In his body of flesh, through means of his death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccusable before him, —

23 if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

If, at least, ye are abiding still in the faith, founded and firm, and not to be moved away from the hope of the glad-message which ye have heard, which hath been proclaimed in all creation which is under heaven, —of which, I Paul, have become minister.

24 Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

Now, am I rejoicing in the sufferings on your behalf, and am filling up the things that lack of the tribulations of the Christ, in my flesh, in behalf of his body, which is the assembly,

25 whose minister I became, according to the economy of God which was given to me unto you, to fulfill the word of God,

Of which, I, have become minister—according to the administration of God which hath been given unto me to you-ward, to fill up the word of God,

26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from the generations: but is now made manifest to his saints, (aiōn g165)

The sacred secret which had been hidden away from the ages and from the generations, but, now, hath been made manifest unto his saints— (aiōn g165)

27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, who is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory, —

28 whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Whom we are declaring, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man complete in Christ;

29 unto which I also labor, agonizing according to his energy, working in me with power.

Unto which I am even toiling, contending according to his energy which is energising itself in me with power.