Colossians 1
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,G3972G652G2424G5547G1223G2307G2316G2532G5095G802To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.G40G2532G4103G80G1722G5547G1722G2857G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G55473We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,G2168G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G5547G4336G3842G4012G52164since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints;G191G5216G4102G1722G5547G2424G2532G26G3588G1519G3956G405because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,G1223G1680G3588G606G5213G1722G3772G3739G4257G1722G3056G225G20986which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;G3588G3918G1519G5209G2531G2532G1722G3956G2889G2532G2076G2592G2531G2532G1722G5213G575G3739G2250G191G2532G1921G5485G2316G1722G2257as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,G2531G3129G2532G3129G575G1889G2257G27G4889G3739G2076G5228G5216G4103G1249G55478who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.G3588G2532G1213G2254G5216G26G1722G41519For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;G1223G5124G2249G2532G575G3739G2250G191G3973G3756G3973G4336G5228G5216G2532G154G2443G4137G1922G846G2307G1722G3956G4678G2532G4152G490710that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;G5209G4043G516G2962G1519G3956G699G2592G1722G3956G18G2041G2532G837G1519G1922G231611strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;G1412G1722G3956G1411G2596G846G1391G2904G1519G3956G5281G2532G3115G3326G547912giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.G2168G3962G3588G2427G2248G2427G1519G3310G2819G40G1722G545713He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,G3739G4506G2248G1537G1849G4655G2532G3179G1519G932G846G26G520714in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.G1722G3739G2192G629G1223G846G129G859G26615He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.G3739G2076G1504G517G2316G4416G3956G293716For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.G3754G1722G846G2936G3956G2936G1722G3772G2532G1909G1093G3707G2532G517G1535G2362G1535G2963G1535G746G1535G1849G3956G2936G1223G846G2532G1519G84617And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.G2532G846G2076G4253G3956G2532G1722G846G3956G492118And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.G2532G846G2076G2776G4983G1577G3739G2076G746G4416G1537G3498G2443G1722G3956G846G1096G440919For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,G2106G3754G1722G846G2730G3956G4138G273020and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.G2532G1517G1223G129G846G4716G1223G846G604G3956G1519G846G1223G846G1535G1909G1093G1535G1722G377221And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciledG2532G5209G5607G4218G526G2532G2190G1271G1722G4190G2041G1161G3570G60422in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—G1722G4983G846G4561G1223G2288G3936G5209G40G2532G299G2532G410G846G271423if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.G1489G1961G4102G2311G2532G1476G2532G3361G3334G575G1680G2098G3739G191G3588G2784G1722G3956G2937G5259G3772G3739G1473G3972G1096G124924I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church,G3739G3568G5463G1722G3450G3804G5228G5216G2532G466G5303G2347G5547G1722G3450G4561G5228G846G4983G5228G3603G157725of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,G3739G1473G1096G1249G2596G3622G2316G3588G1325G3427G1519G5209G4137G3056G231626the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.G3466G3588G613G575G165G2532G575G1074G1161G3570G5319G846G4027To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.G3739G2316G2309G1107G5101G4149G1391G5127G3466G1722G1484G3739G2076G5547G1722G5213G1680G139128Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.G3739G2249G2605G3560G3956G444G2532G1321G3956G444G1722G3956G4678G2443G3936G3956G444G5046G1722G5547G242429To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.G1519G3739G2872G2532G2872G75G2596G846G1753G3588G1754G1722G1698G1722G1411