1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,G3972G652G2424G5547G1223G2307G2316G2532G5095G80 2To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.G40G2532G4103G80G1722G5547G1722G2857G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G5547 3In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,G2168G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G5547G4336G3842G4012G5216 4for we have 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. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospelG1223G1680G3588G606G5213G1722G3772G3739G4257G1722G3056G225G2098 6that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.G3588G3918G1519G5209G2531G2532G1722G3956G2889G2532G2076G2592G2531G2532G1722G5213G575G3739G2250G191G2532G1921G5485G2316G1722G225 7This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,G2531G3129G2532G3129G575G1889G2257G27G4889G3739G2076G5228G5216G4103G1249G5547 8and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.G3588G2532G1213G2254G5216G26G1722G4151 9For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,G1223G5124G2249G2532G575G3739G2250G191G3973G3756G3973G4336G5228G5216G2532G154G2443G4137G1922G846G2307G1722G3956G4678G2532G4152G4907 10so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.G5209G4043G516G2962G1519G3956G699G2592G1722G3956G18G2041G2532G837G1519G1922G2316 11May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfullyG1412G1722G3956G1411G2596G846G1391G2904G1519G3956G5281G2532G3115G3326G5479 12giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.G2168G3962G3588G2427G2248G2427G1519G3310G2819G40G1722G5457 13He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,G3739G4506G2248G1537G1849G4655G2532G3179G1519G932G846G26G5207 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.G1722G3739G2192G629G1223G846G129G859G266 15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;G3739G2076G1504G517G2316G4416G3956G2937 16for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him.G3754G1722G846G2936G3956G2936G1722G3772G2532G1909G1093G3707G2532G517G1535G2362G1535G2963G1535G746G1535G1849G3956G2936G1223G846G2532G1519G846 17He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.G2532G846G2076G4253G3956G2532G1722G846G3956G4921 18He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.G2532G846G2076G2776G4983G1577G3739G2076G746G4416G1537G3498G2443G1722G3956G846G1096G4409 19For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,G2106G3754G1722G846G2730G3956G4138G2730 20and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.G2532G1517G1223G129G846G4716G1223G846G604G3956G1519G846G1223G846G1535G1909G1093G1535G1722G3772 21And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,G2532G5209G5607G4218G526G2532G2190G1271G1722G4190G2041G1161G3570G604 22he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him—G1722G4983G846G4561G1223G2288G3936G5209G40G2532G299G2532G410G846G2714 23provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel.G1489G1961G4102G2311G2532G1476G2532G3361G3334G575G1680G2098G3739G191G3588G2784G1722G3956G2937G5259G3772G3739G1473G3972G1096G1249 24I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.G3739G3568G5463G1722G3450G3804G5228G5216G2532G466G5303G2347G5547G1722G3450G4561G5228G846G4983G5228G3603G1577 25I became its servant according to God's commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,G3739G1473G1096G1249G2596G3622G2316G3588G1325G3427G1519G5209G4137G3056G2316 26the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been 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 28It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.G3739G2249G2605G3560G3956G444G2532G1321G3956G444G1722G3956G4678G2443G3936G3956G444G5046G1722G5547G2424 29For this I toil and struggle with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.G1519G3739G2872G2532G2872G75G2596G846G1753G3588G1754G1722G1698G1722G1411
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