1:1 Paul,
an
apostle
of
Christ
Jesus
by
the
will
of
God,
and
Timothy
our
brother,
1:2 To
the
saints
and
faithful
brothers
in
Christ
at
Colossae:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father.
1:3 We
always
thank
God,
the
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
when
we
pray
for
you,
1:4 since
we
heard
of
your
faith
in
Christ
Jesus
and
of
the
love
that
you
have
for
all
the
saints,
1:5 because
of
the
hope
laid
up
for
you
in
heaven.
Of
this
you
have
heard
before
in
the
word
of
the
truth,
the
gospel,
1:6 which
has
come
to
you,
as
indeed
in
the
whole
world
it
is
bearing
fruit
and
growing--as
it
also
does
among
you,
since
the
day
you
heard
it
and
understood
the
grace
of
God
in
truth,
1:7 just
as
you
learned
it
from
Epaphras
our
beloved
fellow
servant.
He
is
a
faithful
minister
of
Christ
on
your
behalf
1:8 and
has
made
known
to
us
your
love
in
the
Spirit.
1:9 And
so,
from
the
day
we
heard,
we
have
not
ceased
to
pray
for
you,
asking
that
you
may
be
filled
with
the
knowledge
of
his
will
in
all
spiritual
wisdom
and
understanding,
1:10 so
as
to
walk
in
a
manner
worthy
of
the
Lord,
fully
pleasing
to
him,
bearing
fruit
in
every
good
work
and
increasing
in
the
knowledge
of
God.
1:11 May
you
be
strengthened
with
all
power,
according
to
his
glorious
might,
for
all
endurance
and
patience
with
joy,
1:12 giving
thanks
to
the
Father,
who
has
qualified
you
to
share
in
the
inheritance
of
the
saints
in
light.
1:13 He
has
delivered
us
from
the
domain
of
darkness
and
transferred
us
to
the
kingdom
of
his
beloved
Son,
1:14 in
whom
we
have
redemption,
the
forgiveness
of
sins.
1:15 He
is
the
image
of
the
invisible
God,
the
firstborn
of
all
creation.
1:16 For
by
him
all
things
were
created,
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.
1:17 And
he
is
before
all
things,
and
in
him
all
things
hold
together.
1:18 And
he
is
the
head
of
the
body,
the
church.
He
is
the
beginning,
the
firstborn
from
the
dead,
that
in
everything
he
might
be
preeminent.
1:19 For
in
him
all
the
fullness
of
God
was
pleased
to
dwell,
1:20 and
through
him
to
reconcile
to
himself
all
things,
whether
on
earth
or
in
heaven,
making
peace
by
the
blood
of
his
cross.
1:21 And
you,
who
once
were
alienated
and
hostile
in
mind,
doing
evil
deeds,
1:22 he
has
now
reconciled
in
his
body
of
flesh
by
his
death,
in
order
to
present
you
holy
and
blameless
and
above
reproach
before
him,
1:23 if
indeed
you
continue
in
the
faith,
stable
and
steadfast,
not
shifting
from
the
hope
of
the
gospel
that
you
heard,
which
has
been
proclaimed
in
all
creation
under
heaven,
and
of
which
I,
Paul,
became
a
minister.
1:24 Now
I
rejoice
in
my
sufferings
for
your
sake,
and
in
my
flesh
I
am
filling
up
what
is
lacking
in
Christ's
afflictions
for
the
sake
of
his
body,
that
is,
the
church,
1:25 of
which
I
became
a
minister
according
to
the
stewardship
from
God
that
was
given
to
me
for
you,
to
make
the
word
of
God
fully
known,
1:26 the
mystery
hidden
for
ages
and
generations
but
now
revealed
to
his
saints.
1:27 To
them
God
chose
to
make
known
how
great
among
the
Gentiles
are
the
riches
of
the
glory
of
this
mystery,
which
is
Christ
in
you,
the
hope
of
glory.
1:28 Him
we
proclaim,
warning
everyone
and
teaching
everyone
with
all
wisdom,
that
we
may
present
everyone
mature
in
Christ.
1:29 For
this
I
toil,
struggling
with
all
his
energy
that
he
powerfully
works
within
me.
