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| Colossians 1:1 | Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother, | Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother, | Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, |
| Colossians 1:2 | To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. | to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ which [are] in Colosse. Grace to you and peace from God our Father [and Lord Jesus Christ]. | 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 praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times, | We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you, | We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, praying always for you, |
| Colossians 1:4 | After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints, | having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints, | having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints, |
| Colossians 1:5 | Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news, | on account of the hope which [is] laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings, | 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 has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God; | which are come to you, as [they are] in all the world, [and] are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard [them] and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth: | 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 | As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us, | even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you, | even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, |
| Colossians 1:8 | And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit. | who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit. | who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. |
| Colossians 1:9 | For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit, | For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, | 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 | Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; | [so as] to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true 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 | Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy; | strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy; | strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and perseverance with joy; |
| Colossians 1:12 | Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light; | giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints 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 has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love; | who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love: | 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 salvation, the forgiveness of sins: | in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins; | in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins; |
| Colossians 1:15 | Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things; | who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation; | who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. |
| Colossians 1:16 | For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him; | because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him 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 | He is before all things, and in him all things have being. | And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him. | 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: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place. | And *he* is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that *he* might have the first place in all things: | 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 God in full measure was pleased to be in him; | for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell, | For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him; |
| Colossians 1:20 | Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven. | and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens. | 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, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one | And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled | You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, |
| Colossians 1:22 | In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him: | in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it, | 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 you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant. | if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister. | 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 have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church; | Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly; | 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 | Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God, | of which *I* became minister, according to the dispensation of God which [is] given me towards you to complete the word of God, | 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 | The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints, | the mystery which [has been] hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints; | 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 give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: | to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ 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 are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ; | whom *we* announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in 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 | And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly. | Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power. | for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily. |
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