1 Paul, an apostle (and messenger of the
gospel) of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and
Timothy our brother,
2 To those who have been set apart (for His life),
the believing brethren (who share in the faith)
of Christ which are at
Co-los’se: (His) grace be with you and the
peace which comes from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, praying for you continually,
4 Having heard of the faith you share in Christ
Jesus, and the love that you have towards all the
fellow believers there,
5 Because of the (sure) hope that is reserved
for you in (Christ Jesus) in the heavens,
which you have heard in the word of truth of the
gospel;
6 Which (truth) has come to you, as it has in
all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it
also has in you since the day you heard and knew (with
certainty) the blessing and life that has been
brought to you (by Jesus Christ) from God in
truth;
7 Just as you have learned from Ep’a-phras our
beloved fellow worker (in the gospel), who is
a trustworthy minister of Christ on our behalf,
8 Who has also declared to us your love (which
fruit) the Spirit (has brought forth in you).
9 For this reason also since the day we heard of
your love, we have not ceased praying for you,
asking that you would be filled full (knowing
that you are complete in Him) in the knowledge
of His will (to give you His blessing and life as
an inheritance) and in all spiritual wisdom and
understanding (which comes from being persuaded
of that),
10 So that you might walk in a manner that is
fitting of the life which the Lord takes pleasure to
serve you with, and in every good work (which He
has prepared beforehand for you to walk in)
bearing the fruit (of His life) and in the
knowledge of God;
11 Strengthened with all power (in the inner man
with hope), according to the might (and
strength displayed) in His glory, which (brings
forth) all patience and longsuffering with joy;
12 Giving thanks to the Father, who formed us (in
His image) so that we might be partakers of the
inheritance that He has set apart for His children (to
stand before Him) in the light (of His life):
13 Who has delivered us from the power of death and
darkness, and has translated us (from death and
corruption) unto the kingdom (of light and
life) of the Son in His love;
14 In whom we have redemption (from death)
through His blood, divorcing us from the death (which
had us in bondage all our days, to labor and toil in
our flesh to preserve our own lives):
15 Who is the (expressed and exact image) of
the invisible God (in immortal flesh and bone),
the firstborn (from the dead) of every
creature:
16 Because by Him were all things created, that are
in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones (where kings
are seated with footstools), or dominion (powers
that exert authority), or the origin of all
rulership, or powers: (the beginning of) all
things that were created (were created) by
Him, and for Him:
17 And He is (I AM) before all things, and by
Him do all things exist (and are held together).
18 And He is (and was and will forever be)
the head of the body, the church: who is the
beginning (and the completion of creation),
the firstborn from the dead; so that in all things
He might hold preeminence (the chief place of
influence).
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him should all
the fullness (of the Godhead) dwell (bodily);
20 And, having made peace (and unity between
those were far off and those who were near to God)
through the blood of His cross (by destroying the
death that was against them both in His flesh),
by Him (in order) to reconcile (and unite)
all things (back) to Himself; by Him, I say,
whether they be things in earth, or things in
heaven.
21 And you (Gentiles), who were at one time
excluded (from the commonwealth of Israel feeling
estranged from the promises, having no hope) and
openly hostile (toward God) the understanding
of your minds darkened through your wicked
imaginations (to preserve your own lives),
yet now has He reconciled (you and united
all men in the one new man Christ Jesus)
22 In the body of His flesh through (the)
death (of death), to present you (His
children) set apart (for His life) and
unblemished (from death’s marring effects)
and blameless (from any accusation) before
Him (in His love):
23 If you abide in the faith (revealed in Jesus
Christ) established and settled (in it),
and (so that you are) not able to be moved
from the hope of the gospel (which is the
certainty of the same life), which you have
heard, and which was declared (in the death,
burial, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ)
to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I
Paul am made a minister;
24 And even now do I rejoice for you in (the
midst of) my afflictions, and being filled up (complete
in Him, and coming behind in no good thing)
sharing in the sufferings of Christ in my flesh (which
He suffered) for His body’s sake, which is the
church:
25 Of which I am made a minister, according to the
administration of God which He has given me for you
(in the revelation of Jesus Christ), to
fulfill the word of God;
26 Even the mystery which has been hidden from ages
and generations but now has been made manifest to (us)
His saints (in the word made immortal flesh in
Jesus Christ):
27 To (us) who God would reveal (in His
Son made immortal flesh) what is the riches of
the glory of this mystery (even) among the
Gentiles, which is (the life of) Christ (abiding)
in you, the hope of glory (which is the certainty
of the same life and immortality revealed in His
resurrection in immortal flesh and bone):
28 (Christ) who we preach (and who is the
very logic of God) by which we reason with every
man, teaching every man in all wisdom (through
Him who is the full counsel and wisdom of God):
so that we may prove to every man (that their)
perfection (is only found) in Christ Jesus:
29 And (who is the wisdom from which)
I also labor (in the gospel),
according to the wisdom and knowledge of Him which
works mightily in me.
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