ASV_Strong : Colossians 1
1. Paul[G3972], an apostle[G652] of Christ[G5547] Jesus[G2424] through[G1223] the will[G2307] of God[G2316], and[G2532] Timothy[G5095] our brother[G80],
2. To the saints[G40] and[G2532] faithful[G4103] brethren[G80] in[G1722] Christ[G5547] that are at[G1722] Colossae[G2857]: Grace[G5485] to you[G5213] and[G2532] peace[G1515] from[G575] God[G2316] our[G2257] Father[G3962].
3. We give thanks[G2168] to God[G2316, 2532] the Father[G3962] of our[G2257] Lord[G2962] Jesus[G2424] Christ[G5547], praying[G4336] always[G3842] for[G4012] you[G5216],
4. having heard[G191] of your[G5216] faith[G4102] in[G1722] Christ[G5547] Jesus[G2424], and[G2532] of the love[G26] which ye have toward[G1519] all[G3956] the saints[G40],
5. because[G1223] of the hope[G1680] which is laid up[G606] for you[G5213] in[G1722] the heavens[G3772], whereof[G3739] ye heard before[G4257] in[G1722] the word[G3056] of the truth[G225] of the gospel[G2098],
6. which is come[G3918] unto[G1519] you[G5209]; even as[G2531] it is also in[G1722] all[G3956] the world[G2889] bearing fruit[G2592] and[G2532] increasing[G2531], as it doth in[G1722] you[G5213] also[G2532], since[G575] the day[G2250] ye heard[G191] and[G2532] knew[G1921] the grace[G5485] of God[G2316] in[G1722] truth[G225];
7. even[G2532] as[G2531] ye[G3129] learned[G3129] of[G575] Epaphras[G1889] our[G2257] beloved[G27] fellow-servant[G4889], who[G3739] is[G2076] a faithful[G4103] minister[G1249] of Christ[G5547] on our[G5216] behalf[G5228],
8. who[G3588] also[G2532] declared[G1213] unto us[G2254] your[G5216] love[G26] in[G1722] the Spirit[G4151].
9. For[G1223] this[G5124] cause[G1223] we[G2249] also[G2532], since[G575] the day[G2250] we heard[G191] it[G3973], do not[G3756] cease[G3973] to pray[G4336] and[G2532] make request[G154] for[G5228] you[G5216], that[G2443] ye may be filled with[G4137] the knowledge[G1922] of his[G846] will[G2307] in[G1722] all[G3956] spiritual[G4152] wisdom[G4678] and[G2532] understanding[G4907],
10. [G4043, Romans9] to walk[G4043] worthily[G516] of the Lord[G2962] unto[G1519] all[G3956] pleasing[G699], bearing fruit[G2592] in[G1722] every[G3956] good[G18] work[G2041], and[G2532] increasing[G837] in[G1519] the knowledge[G1922] of God[G2316];
11. strengthened[G1412] with[G1722] all[G3956] power[G2904], according to[G2596] the might[G1411] of his[G846] glory[G1391], unto[G1519] all[G3956] patience[G5281] and[G2532] longsuffering[G3115] with[G3326] joy[G5479];
12. giving thanks[G2168] unto the Father[G3962], who made[G2427] us[G2248] meet[G2427] to[G1519] be partakers[G3310] of the inheritance[G2819] of the saints[G40] in[G1722] light[G5457];
13. who[G3739] delivered[G4506] us[G2248] out[G1537] of the power[G1849] of darkness[G4655], and[G2532] translated[G3179] us into[G1519] the kingdom[G932] of the Son[G5207] of his[G846] love[G26];
14. in[G1722] whom[G3739] we have[G2192] our redemption[G629], the forgiveness[G859] of our sins[G266]:
15. who[G3739] is[G2076] the image[G1504] of the invisible[G517] God[G2316], the firstborn[G4416] of all[G3956] creation[G2937];
16. for[G3754] in[G1722] him[G846] were[G2936] all things[G3956] created[G2936], in[G1722] the heavens[G3772] and[G2532] upon the earth[G1093], things visible[G3707] and[G2532] things invisible[G517], whether[G1535] thrones[G2362] or[G1535] dominions[G2963] or[G1535] principalities[G746] or[G1535] powers[G1849]; all things[G3956] have been created[G2936] through[G1223] him[G846], and[G2532] unto[G1519] him[G846];
17. and[G2532] he[G846] is[G2076] before[G4253] all things[G3956], and[G2532] in[G1722] him[G846] all things[G3956] consist[G4921].
18. And[G2532] he[G846] is[G2076] the head[G2776] of the body[G4983], the church[G1577]: who[G3739] is[G2076] the beginning[G746], the firstborn[G4416] from[G1537] the dead[G3498]; that[G2443] in[G1722] all[G3956] things he[G846] might[G1096] have the preeminence[G4409].
19. For[G3754] it was the good pleasure[G2106] of the Father that in[G1722] him[G846] should[G2730] all[G3956] the fulness[G4138] dwell[G2730];
20. and[G2532] through[G1223] him to reconcile[G604] all things[G3956] unto[G1519] himself[G846], having made peace[G1517] through[G1223] the blood[G129] of his[G846] cross[G4716]; through[G1223] him[G846], I say[G1535], whether things[G3588] upon[G1909] the earth[G1093], or[G1535] things[G3588] in[G1909] the heavens[G3772].
21. And[G2532] you[G5209], being in[G1271] time past[G4218] alienated[G526] and[G2532] enemies[G2190] in[G1271] your mind[G1271] in your evil[G4190] works[G2041],
22. yet now[G3570] hath he reconciled[G604] in[G1722] the body[G4983] of his[G846] flesh[G4561] through[G1223] death[G2288], to present[G3936] you[G5209] holy[G40] and[G2532] without blemish[G299] and[G2532] unreproveable[G410] before[G2714] him[G846]:
23. if[G1489] so be that ye continue in[G1961] the faith[G4102], grounded[G2311] and[G2532] stedfast[G1476], and[G2532] not[G3361] moved away[G3334] from[G575] the hope[G1680] of the gospel[G2098] which[G3739] ye heard[G191], which was preached[G2784] in[G1722] all[G3956] creation[G2937] under[G5259] heaven[G3772]; whereof[G3739] I[G1473] Paul[G3972] was made[G1096] a minister[G1249].
24. Now[G3568] I[G3739] rejoice[G5463] in[G1722] my[G3450] sufferings[G3804] for[G5228] your[G5216] sake[G2532], and fill up[G466] on my part that which is lacking[G5303] of the afflictions[G2347] of Christ[G5547] in[G1722] my[G3450] flesh[G4561] for[G5228] his[G846] body[G4983]'s sake[G5228], which[G3739] is[G2076] the church[G1577];
25. whereof[G3739] I[G1473] was made[G1096] a minister[G1249], according to[G2596] the dispensation[G3622] of God[G2316] which was given[G1325] me[G3427] to[G1519] you-ward[G5209], to fulfil[G4137] the word[G3056] of God[G2316],
26. even the mystery[G3466] which hath been hid[G613] for[G575] ages[G165] and[G2532] generations[G1074]: but[G1161] now[G3570] hath it been manifested[G5319] to[G40] his[G846] saints[G40],
27. to whom[G3739] God[G2316] was pleased[G2309] to make known[G1107] what[G5101] is the riches[G4149] of the glory[G1391] of this[G5127] mystery[G3466] among[G1722] the Gentiles[G1484], which[G3739] is[G2076] Christ[G5547] in[G1722] you[G5213], the hope[G1680] of glory[G1391]:
28. whom[G3739] we[G2249] proclaim[G2605], admonishing[G3560] every[G3956] man[G444] and[G2532] teaching[G1321] every[G3956] man[G444] in[G1722] all[G3956] wisdom[G4678], that[G2443] we may present[G3936] every[G3956] man[G444] perfect[G5046] in[G1722] Christ[G5547];
29. whereunto[G1519] I[G2872] labor[G2872] also[G2532], striving[G75] according to[G2596] his[G846] working[G1753], which worketh[G1754] in[G1722] me[G1698] mightily[G1411].
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