Colossians 1

1. Col 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

2. Col 1:2To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

3. Col 1:3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

4. Col 1:4because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—

5. Col 1:5the 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

6. Col 1:6that 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.

7. Col 1:7You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

8. Col 1:8and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.

9. Col 1:9For 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,

10. Col 1:10so 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,

11. Col 1:11being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

12. Col 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

13. Col 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

14. Col 1:14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15. Col 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

16. Col 1:16For 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.

17. Col 1:17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

18. Col 1:18And 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.

19. Col 1:19For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

20. Col 1:20and 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.

21. Col 1:21Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

22. Col 1:22But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

23. Col 1:23if 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.

24. Col 1:24Now 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.

25. Col 1:25I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

26. Col 1:26the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

27. Col 1:27To 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.

28. Col 1:28We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

29. Col 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

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• 13Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• 15Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
• 13Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
• 16Romans 11:36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
• 131 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• 16John 1:3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
• 10Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
• 13Titus 3:3–6For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
• 27John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
• 15John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
• 161 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
• 27Romans 8:10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
• 15John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• 27Ephesians 3:16–17I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
• 16Hebrews 2:10In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
• 131 Thessalonians 2:12encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.