51_COL_01_01 Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God , And Timotheus [ our ] brother ,
51_COL_01_02 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 .
51_COL_01_03 we give thanks to God And the Father of our LORD Jesus Christ , Praying always for you ,
51_COL_01_04 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus , And of the love [ which ye have ] to all the saints ,
51_COL_01_05 for the hope which Is laid up for you in heaven , whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel ;
51_COL_01_06 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 :
51_COL_01_07 as ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant , who Is for you A faithful minister of Christ ;
51_COL_01_08 who also declared unto us your love in the spirit .
51_COL_01_09 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 ;
51_COL_01_10 that ye might walk worthy of the LORD unto all pleasing , being fruitful in every good work , And increasing in the knowledge of God ;
51_COL_01_11 strengthened with all might , according to his glorious power , unto all patience And longsuffering with joyfulness ;
51_COL_01_12 giving thanks unto the Father , which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light :
51_COL_01_13 who hath delivered us from the power of darkness , And hath translated [ us ] into the kingdom of his dear son :
51_COL_01_14 in whom we have redemption through his blood , [ even ] the forgiveness of sins :
51_COL_01_15 who Is the image of the invisible God , the firstborn of every creature :
51_COL_01_16 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 :
51_COL_01_17 And he Is before all things , And by him all things consist .
51_COL_01_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 .
51_COL_01_19 for it pleased [ the Father ] that in him should all fulness dwell ;
51_COL_01_20 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 .
51_COL_01_21 And you , that were sometime alienated And enemies in [ your ] mind by wicked works , yet now hath he reconciled
51_COL_01_22 in the body of his flesh through death , to present you holy And unblameable And unreproveable in his sight :
51_COL_01_23 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 ;
51_COL_01_24 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 :
51_COL_01_25 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 ;
51_COL_01_26 [ even ] the mystery which hath been hid from ages And from generations , but now Is made manifest to his saints :
51_COL_01_27 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 :
51_COL_01_28 whom we preach , warning every man , And teaching every man in all wisdom ; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus :
51_COL_01_29 whereunto I also labour , striving according to his working , which worketh in me mightily .