{"book":"Colossians","slug":"colossians","ch":1,"genre":"letter","sub":"Colossians","prev":"philippians/4","next":"colossians/2","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by [the] will of God, and Timothy [our] brother,","f":[],"h":"Greetings from Paul and Timothy","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.","f":["BYZ and TR God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae:"},{"style":"reg","t":"Grace and peace to you from God our Father."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"We always thank God, [the] Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,","f":[],"h":"Thanksgiving and Prayer","style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints —","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"[the faith and love] proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"that has come to you. All over the world [this gospel] is bearing fruit and growing, just as [it has been doing] among you since the day you heard [it] and truly understood the grace of God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"that has come to you."},{"style":"reg","t":"All over the world [this gospel] is bearing fruit and growing, just as [it has been doing] among you since the day you heard [it] and truly understood the grace of God."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"You learned [it] from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,","f":["NE, NA, BYZ, and TR your"]},{"v":8,"t":"[and] who also informed us of your love in [the] Spirit.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"For this reason, since the day we heard [about you], we {have} not stopped praying for you and asking [God] to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord [and] may please [Him] in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, [and] joyfully","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.","f":["BYZ and TR us"]},{"v":13,"t":"He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought [us] into the kingdom of His beloved Son,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.","f":["TR redemption through His blood,"]},{"v":15,"t":"[The Son] is [the] image of the invisible God, [the] firstborn over all creation.","f":[],"h":"The Supremacy of the Son","style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"For in Him all things were created, [things] in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning [and] firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"For [God] was pleased [to have] all [His] fullness dwell in Him,","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Once you were alienated [ from God ] and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"But now He has reconciled [you] by [Christ’s] physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence —","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"if indeed you continue in [your] faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, [and] of which I, Paul, have become a servant.","f":["Or in all creation"]},{"v":24,"t":"Now I rejoice in [my] sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.","f":[],"h":"Paul’s Suffering for the Church","style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"To [them] God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.","f":["Or fully mature"],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.","f":[]}]}