1:1 Paul,
an
apostle
of
Christ
Jesus
through
the
will
of
God,
and
Timothy
our
brother,
1:2 To
the
saints
and
faithful
brethren
in
Christ
[that
are]
at
Colossae:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father.
1:3 We
give
thanks
to
God
the
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
praying
always
for
you,
1:4 having
heard
of
your
faith
in
Christ
Jesus,
and
of
the
love
which
ye
have
toward
all
the
saints,
1:5 because
of
the
hope
which
is
laid
up
for
you
in
the
heavens,
whereof
ye
heard
before
in
the
word
of
the
truth
of
the
gospel,
1:6 which
is
come
unto
you;
even
as
it
is
also
in
all
the
world
bearing
fruit
and
increasing,
as
[it
doth]
in
you
also,
since
the
day
ye
heard
and
knew
the
grace
of
God
in
truth;
1:7 even
as
ye
learned
of
Epaphras
our
beloved
fellow-servant,
who
is
a
faithful
minister
of
Christ
on
our
behalf,
1:8 who
also
declared
unto
us
your
love
in
the
Spirit.
1:9 For
this
cause
we
also,
since
the
day
we
heard
[it],
do
not
cease
to
pray
and
make
request
for
you,
that
ye
may
be
filled
with
the
knowledge
of
his
will
in
all
spiritual
wisdom
and
understanding,
1:10 to
walk
worthily
of
the
Lord
unto
all
pleasing,
bearing
fruit
in
every
good
work,
and
increasing
in
the
knowledge
of
God;
1:11 strengthened
with
all
power,
according
to
the
might
of
his
glory,
unto
all
patience
and
longsuffering
with
joy;
1:12 giving
thanks
unto
the
Father,
who
made
us
meet
to
be
partakers
of
the
inheritance
of
the
saints
in
light;
1:13 who
delivered
us
out
of
the
power
of
darkness,
and
translated
us
into
the
kingdom
of
the
Son
of
his
love;
1:14 in
whom
we
have
our
redemption,
the
forgiveness
of
our
sins:
1:15 who
is
the
image
of
the
invisible
God,
the
firstborn
of
all
creation;
1:16 for
in
him
were
all
things
created,
in
the
heavens
and
upon
the
earth,
things
visible
and
things
invisible,
whether
thrones
or
dominions
or
principalities
or
powers;
all
things
have
been
created
through
him,
and
unto
him;
1:17 and
he
is
before
all
things,
and
in
him
all
things
consist.
1:18 And
he
is
the
head
of
the
body,
the
church:
who
is
the
beginning,
the
firstborn
from
the
dead;
that
in
all
things
he
might
have
the
preeminence.
1:19 For
it
was
the
good
pleasure
[of
the
Father]
that
in
him
should
all
the
fulness
dwell;
1:20 and
through
him
to
reconcile
all
things
unto
himself,
having
made
peace
through
the
blood
of
his
cross;
through
him,
[I
say],
whether
things
upon
the
earth,
or
things
in
the
heavens.
1:21 And
you,
being
in
time
past
alienated
and
enemies
in
your
mind
in
your
evil
works,
1:22 yet
now
hath
he
reconciled
in
the
body
of
his
flesh
through
death,
to
present
you
holy
and
without
blemish
and
unreproveable
before
him:
1:23 if
so
be
that
ye
continue
in
the
faith,
grounded
and
stedfast,
and
not
moved
away
from
the
hope
of
the
gospel
which
ye
heard,
which
was
preached
in
all
creation
under
heaven;
whereof
I
Paul
was
made
a
minister.
1:24 Now
I
rejoice
in
my
sufferings
for
your
sake,
and
fill
up
on
my
part
that
which
is
lacking
of
the
afflictions
of
Christ
in
my
flesh
for
his
body's
sake,
which
is
the
church;
1:25 whereof
I
was
made
a
minister,
according
to
the
dispensation
of
God
which
was
given
me
to
you-ward,
to
fulfil
the
word
of
God,
1:26 [even]
the
mystery
which
hath
been
hid
for
ages
and
generations:
but
now
hath
it
been
manifested
to
his
saints,
1:27 to
whom
God
was
pleased
to
make
known
what
is
the
riches
of
the
glory
of
this
mystery
among
the
Gentiles,
which
is
Christ
in
you,
the
hope
of
glory:
1:28 whom
we
proclaim,
admonishing
every
man
and
teaching
every
man
in
all
wisdom,
that
we
may
present
every
man
perfect
in
Christ;
1:29 whereunto
I
labor
also,
striving
according
to
his
working,
which
worketh
in
me
mightily.
