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| Colossians 1:1 | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, | Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and Timothy our brother: | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, |
| Colossians 1:2 | To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. | To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father. | To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ [who are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord, Jesus Christ. |
| Colossians 1:3 | We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, | We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do, | We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, praying always for you, |
| Colossians 1:4 | having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints, | because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people, | having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints, |
| Colossians 1:5 | because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, | on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News. | because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, |
| Colossians 1:6 | which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth; | For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God, | which has come to you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; |
| Colossians 1:7 | even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, | as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead, | even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, |
| Colossians 1:8 | who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. | and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit. | who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. |
| Colossians 1:9 | For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, | For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things; | For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, haven't ceased to pray and make requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, |
| Colossians 1:10 | to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; | so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God. | to walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; |
| Colossians 1:11 | strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy; | Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering; | strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and perseverance with joy; |
| Colossians 1:12 | giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; | and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light. | giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; |
| Colossians 1:13 | who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; | It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son, | who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; |
| Colossians 1:14 | in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins: | in whom we have our redemption the forgiveness of our sins. | in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins; |
| Colossians 1:15 | who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; | Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation. | who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. |
| Colossians 1:16 | for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; | For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers all were created, and exist through and for Him. | For in him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and to him. |
| Colossians 1:17 | and he is before all things, and in him all things consist. | And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole. | He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. |
| Colossians 1:18 | 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. | Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place. | He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. |
| Colossians 1:19 | For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell; | For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him. | For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him; |
| Colossians 1:20 | and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens. | And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven. | and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross. Through him, I say, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens. |
| Colossians 1:21 | And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, | And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds, | You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, |
| Colossians 1:22 | yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him: | He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence; | yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him, |
| Colossians 1:23 | if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister. | if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve. | if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant. |
| Colossians 1:24 | Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church; | Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church. | Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly; |
| Colossians 1:25 | whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God, | I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message | of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God, |
| Colossians 1:26 | [even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints, | the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people, | the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, |
| Colossians 1:27 | to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: | to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth the truth that `Christ is in you, the hope of glory.' | to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, who is Christ in you, the hope of glory; |
| Colossians 1:28 | whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ; | Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ. | whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ; |
| Colossians 1:29 | whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. | To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me. | for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily. |
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