(ESV)
Paul,
aan
apostle of
Christ Jesus bby the
will of
God,
and Timothy cour
brother,
(KJV)
Paul,
an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
and Timotheus our brother,
(ESV)
To the
dsaints and faithful brothers ▼▼Or
brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word
adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context,
adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church
in Christ at Colossae:
fGrace to
you and peace from God our Father.
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse:
Grace be unto you,
and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(ESV)
gWe
always thank God,
the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, when we
pray for you,
(KJV)
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
praying always for you,
(ESV)
since we
heard of
hyour faith in Christ Jesus and of
ithe
love that you have
for all the
saints,
Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus,
and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
(ESV)
because
of jthe
hope klaid up for
you in heaven. Of
this you have
heard before in lthe
word of the
truth, the
gospel,
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
(ESV)
which has
come to you,
as indeed min the
whole world it
is nbearing fruit and increasing—
as it
also does
among you,
since the day you
oheard it
and understood pthe
grace of
God in truth,
(KJV)
Which is come unto you,
as it is in all the world;
and bringeth forth fruit,
as it doth also in you,
since the day ye heard of it,
and knew the grace of God in truth:
(ESV)
just as you
learned it
from qEpaphras our beloved rfellow servant.
▼▼Greek
fellow bondservant He is ta
faithful minister of
Christ on
your ▼ behalf
(KJV)
As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant,
who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
(ESV)
and has
made known to
us your vlove in the
Spirit.
(KJV)
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
(ESV)
And
so,
wfrom the day we heard,
xwe have
not ceased to
pray for you,
asking that yyou may be
filled with the
knowledge of
his will in all zspiritual wisdom and understanding,
For this cause we also,
since the day we heard it,
do not cease to pray for you,
and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
(ESV)
so as
aato
walk in a
manner worthy of the
Lord,
abfully pleasing to him:
acbearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the
knowledge of
God;
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing,
being fruitful in every good work,
and increasing in the knowledge of God;
(ESV)
adbeing
strengthened with all power,
according to his glorious might,
for aeall endurance and patience afwith joy;
(KJV)
Strengthened with all might,
according to his glorious power,
unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
(ESV)
aggiving
thanks ▼▼Or
patience, with joy giving thanks to the
Father,
who has qualified you ▼ to share in
ajthe
inheritance of the
saints in light.
(KJV)
Giving thanks unto the Father,
which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
(ESV)
He akhas
delivered us from althe
domain of
darkness and transferred us
to amthe
kingdom of
anhis beloved Son,
(KJV)
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
(ESV)
aoin whom we
have redemption, the
forgiveness of
sins.
(KJV)
In whom we have redemption through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:
(ESV)
apHe is the
image of
aqthe
invisible God,
arthe
firstborn of
all creation.
(KJV)
Who is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature:
(ESV)
For by ▼▼That is,
by means of; or
in him all things were
created,
atin heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether authrones or avdominions or rulers or authorities—
all things were
created awthrough him and for him.
(KJV)
For by him were all things created,
that are in heaven,
and that are in earth,
visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones,
or dominions,
or principalities,
or powers:
all things were created by him,
and for him:
(ESV)
And axhe is before all things,
and in him all things ayhold together.
(KJV)
And he is before all things,
and by him all things consist.
(ESV)
And azhe is the
head of the
body, the
church.
He is bathe
beginning,
bbthe
firstborn from the
dead,
that in everything he might
be preeminent.
(KJV)
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.
(ESV)
For bcin him all the
bdfullness of God was
pleased to
dwell,
(KJV)
For it pleased the Father that
in him should all fulness dwell;
(ESV)
and bethrough him to
reconcile to himself all
things,
whether on earth or in heaven,
bfmaking peace bgby the
blood of
his cross.
(KJV)
And,
having made peace through the blood of his cross,
by him to reconcile all things unto himself;
by him,
I say,
whether they be things in earth,
or things in heaven.
(ESV)
bhAnd you, who
once were alienated and hostile in
mind,
bidoing evil deeds,
(KJV)
And you,
that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
yet now hath he reconciled
(ESV)
he has
now reconciled bjin his body of
flesh by his
death,
bkin order to
present you holy and blameless and blabove reproach before him,
In the body of his flesh through death,
to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
(ESV)
bmif indeed you
continue in the
faith,
bnstable and steadfast,
not shifting from bothe
hope of the
gospel that you
heard,
which has been
proclaimed bpin all creation ▼ under heaven,
brand of
which I,
Paul,
became a
minister.
(KJV)
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled,
and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel,
which ye have heard,
and which was preached to every creature which is
under heaven;
whereof I Paul am made a minister;
(ESV)
Now bsI
rejoice in my sufferings for your sake,
and in my flesh btI am
filling up buwhat is
lacking in
Christ’s afflictions bvfor the sake of
his body, that
is, the
church,
(KJV)
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you,
and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake,
which is the church:
(ESV)
bwof
which I became a
minister according to bxthe
stewardship from
God that was
given to
me for you, to make the
word of
God fully known,
(KJV)
Whereof I am made a minister,
according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you,
to fulfil the word of God;
(ESV)
bythe mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to
his saints.
(KJV)
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to his saints:
(ESV)
bzTo
them God chose to make
known how
great among the
Gentiles are
cathe
riches of the
glory of
cbthis mystery,
which is Christ in you,
ccthe
hope of
glory.
(KJV)
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles;
which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory:
(ESV)
Him we proclaim,
warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom,
that cdwe may
present everyone cemature in Christ.
(KJV)
Whom we preach,
warning every man,
and teaching every man in all wisdom;
that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
(ESV)
For this cfI
toil,
cgstruggling chwith all his energy that he
powerfully works within me.
(KJV)
Whereunto I also labour,
striving according to his working,
which worketh in me mightily.
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