Colossians 1:29 - Prayer Tents

Greeting

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,G3972G652G2424G5547G1223G2307G2316G2532G5095G80

2To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.G40G2532G4103G80G1722G5547G1722G2857G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G5547

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,G2168G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G5547G4336G3842G4012G5216

4since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,G191G5216G4102G1722G5547G2424G2532G26G3588G1519G3956G40

5because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,G1223G1680G3588G606G5213G1722G3772G3739G4257G1722G3056G225G2098

6which 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,G3588G3918G1519G5209G2531G2532G1722G3956G2889G2532G2076G2592G2531G2532G1722G5213G575G3739G2250G191G2532G1921G5485G2316G1722G225

7just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalfG2531G3129G2532G3129G575G1889G2257G27G4889G3739G2076G5228G5216G4103G1249G5547

8and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.G3588G2532G1213G2254G5216G26G1722G4151

9And 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,G1223G5124G2249G2532G575G3739G2250G191G3973G3756G3973G4336G5228G5216G2532G154G2443G4137G1922G846G2307G1722G3956G4678G2532G4152G4907

10so 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.G5209G4043G516G2962G1519G3956G699G2592G1722G3956G18G2041G2532G837G1519G1922G2316

11May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,G1412G1722G3956G1411G2596G846G1391G2904G1519G3956G5281G2532G3115G3326G5479

12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.G2168G3962G3588G2427G2248G2427G1519G3310G2819G40G1722G5457

13He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,G3739G4506G2248G1537G1849G4655G2532G3179G1519G932G846G26G5207

14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.G1722G3739G2192G629G1223G846G129G859G266

The Preeminence of Christ

15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.G3739G2076G1504G517G2316G4416G3956G2937

16For 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.G3754G1722G846G2936G3956G2936G1722G3772G2532G1909G1093G3707G2532G517G1535G2362G1535G2963G1535G746G1535G1849G3956G2936G1223G846G2532G1519G846

17And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.G2532G846G2076G4253G3956G2532G1722G846G3956G4921

18And 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.G2532G846G2076G2776G4983G1577G3739G2076G746G4416G1537G3498G2443G1722G3956G846G1096G4409

19For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,G2106G3754G1722G846G2730G3956G4138G2730

20and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.G2532G1517G1223G129G846G4716G1223G846G604G3956G1519G846G1223G846G1535G1909G1093G1535G1722G3772

21And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,G2532G5209G5607G4218G526G2532G2190G1271G1722G4190G2041G1161G3570G604

22he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,G1722G4983G846G4561G1223G2288G3936G5209G40G2532G299G2532G410G846G2714

23if 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.G1489G1961G4102G2311G2532G1476G2532G3361G3334G575G1680G2098G3739G191G3588G2784G1722G3956G2937G5259G3772G3739G1473G3972G1096G1249

Paul’s Ministry to the Church

24Now 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,G3739G3568G5463G1722G3450G3804G5228G5216G2532G466G5303G2347G5547G1722G3450G4561G5228G846G4983G5228G3603G1577

25of 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,G3739G1473G1096G1249G2596G3622G2316G3588G1325G3427G1519G5209G4137G3056G2316

26the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.G3466G3588G613G575G165G2532G575G1074G1161G3570G5319G846G40

27To 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.G3739G2316G2309G1107G5101G4149G1391G5127G3466G1722G1484G3739G2076G5547G1722G5213G1680G1391

28Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.G3739G2249G2605G3560G3956G444G2532G1321G3956G444G1722G3956G4678G2443G3936G3956G444G5046G1722G5547G2424

29For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.G1519G3739G2872G2532G2872G75G2596G846G1753G3588G1754G1722G1698G1722G1411