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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 Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, | Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother, |
| Colossians 1:2 | 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. | To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 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]. |
| Colossians 1:3 | We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, praying always for you, | We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, | We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you, |
| Colossians 1:4 | having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints, | Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, | having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints, |
| Colossians 1:5 | 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, | For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; | 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, |
| Colossians 1:6 | 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; | Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: | 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: |
| Colossians 1:7 | even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, | As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; | even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you, |
| Colossians 1:8 | who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. | Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. | who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit. |
| Colossians 1:9 | 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, | For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; | 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, |
| Colossians 1:10 | 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; | That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful 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; |
| Colossians 1:11 | strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and perseverance with joy; | Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; | strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy; |
| Colossians 1:12 | giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; | Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: | giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion 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; | Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: | who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love: |
| Colossians 1:14 | in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins; | In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: | in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins; |
| Colossians 1:15 | who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. | Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: | who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation; |
| Colossians 1:16 | 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. | For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created 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. |
| Colossians 1:17 | He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. | And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. | And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him. |
| Colossians 1:18 | 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. | 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. | 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: |
| Colossians 1:19 | For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him; | For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; | for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell, |
| Colossians 1:20 | 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. | And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things 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. |
| Colossians 1:21 | You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, | And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled | And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled |
| Colossians 1:22 | yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him, | In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: | in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it, |
| Colossians 1:23 | 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. | If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; | 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. |
| 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 assembly; | Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is 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; |
| Colossians 1:25 | 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, | Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil 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, |
| Colossians 1:26 | the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, | Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: | the mystery which [has been] hidden from ages and from generations, but has now been made manifest to his saints; |
| Colossians 1:27 | 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; | To whom God would 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 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: |
| 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; | Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: | 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. |
| Colossians 1:29 | for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily. | Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. | Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power. |
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