Paul's Letter to the Colossians (WEB)
Paul's Letter to the Colossians
1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1:2To 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.
1:3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 1:4having
heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints, 1:5because
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, 1:6which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and
increasing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
1:7even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ
on our behalf, 1:8who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. 1:9For this cause, we also, since the
day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with
the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 1:10that you may walk worthily
of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the
knowledge of God; 1:11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all
patience and perseverance with joy; 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in light; 1:13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and
translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; 1:14in whom we have our redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of our sins; 1:15who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation. 1:16For by 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. 1:17He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
1:18He 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. 1:19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
1:20and 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. 1:21You, being in
past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, 1:22yet now he has reconciled in
the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before
him, 1:23if 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 is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven;
of which I, Paul, was made a servant. 1:24Now 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; 1:25of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was
given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God, 1:26the mystery which has been hidden for ages
and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, 1:27to whom God was pleased to make
known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory; 1:28whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all
wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus; 1:29for which I also labor, striving
according to his working, which works in me mightily.