Colossians 1

Colossians 1:1

• Paul, an
• From Paul, an

• apostle of Christ

• Jesus, by the
• Jesus by the
• Jesus through the

• will of God, and

• Timothy
• Timothy,

• our
• also a

• brother;
• brother:
• brother,
• brother.
• brother Timothy.
• brother Timothy

Colossians 1:2

• To the saints and
• to the saints and
• To the holy and

• faithful

• brothers in
• brethren in

• Christ, at
• Christ at
• Christ in
• Christ who

• Colossae:
• Colossae.

• Grace to
• grace to

• you and

• peace from
• peace, from
• peace to

• God
• you from God

• our

• Father.
• Father!
• father.

Colossians 1:3

• We

• always
• give

• thank
• give thanks to
• thanks to

• God, the Father of our Lord Jesus

• Christ, when
• Christ,

• we
• praying

• pray for
• always for

• you.
• you,

Colossians 1:4

• since we
• for we have
• because we have

• heard of
• heard about

• your faith in Christ

• Jesus and the
• Jesus, and the
• Jesus, and of the
• Jesus and of the

• love that
• love
• love which

• you

• have for all the
• have for all
• have for all of

• saints—
• saints.
• saints;
• saints
• saints,
• God’s people.
• God’s people—
• holy ones
• holy ones—
• God’s holy people
• God’s holy people,
• his people,
• his people—

Colossians 1:5

• because of the hope
• because of the hope which
• Both spring from the hope

• reserved for
• laid up for
• is laid up for
• stored up for
• is stored up for
• is kept safe for

• you in

• heaven.
• heaven. Of this
• heaven, of which
• heaven, which

• you
• You

• have
• have already
• previously

• heard before in the
• heard about in the

• word of
• message of
• word of the

• truth, the
• truth of the

• gospel
• gospel,
• Good News,
• Good News

Colossians 1:6

• [Translation pending]

Colossians 1:7

• You
• just as you
• This you
• as you

• learned
• learned from
• learned of

• it from Epaphras
• it from Epaphras,
• Epaphras
• Epaphras,
• God’s grace from Epaphras,

• our

• beloved
• dear

• fellow

• servant, who
• slave, who
• slave who

• is a faithful

• minister of
• servant of
• servant of the

• Christ on

• our
• your

• behalf.
• behalf,
• behalf—
• behalf

Colossians 1:8

• who also
• and has
• He also
• and who also
• He
• and he has
• He has

• told
• informed
• declared to
• made known to

• us of
• us
• us about

• your

• love in the
• love that the

• Spirit.
• spirit.

Colossians 1:9

• For this reason, since the
• For this reason, from the

• day we

• heard about
• heard
• heard,
• heard of
• heard this,

• you, we
• it, we
• we
• it,

• have
• do

• not
• n’t

• stopped
• ceased
• ceased to
• cease

• praying for
• pray for

• you and
• you, and
• you. We
• you,
• you, and to
• you and to

• asking that
• ask that

• you may be filled with the knowledge of

• his
• His

• will in all
• will through all

• spiritual wisdom and

• understanding
• understanding.
• understanding;
• understanding,
• insight,
• insight.

Colossians 1:10

• [Translation pending]

Colossians 1:11

• being strengthened with all
• strengthened with all

• power
• power,

• according to

• his
• His

• glorious

• might, for all
• might, for the

• endurance and

• patience, with
• patience with

• joy,
• joy;
• joy.
• joy

Colossians 1:12

• Giving
• giving

• thanks to the

• Father, who
• Father who

• has

• qualified
• made
• enabled

• you to
• us
• you
• us to

• share in the
• fit to share the

• inheritance of the

• saints in
• saints in the

• light;
• light.
• light,
• Light.

Colossians 1:13

• He has delivered
• He has rescued
• He delivered
• who delivered
• God made
• He rescued
• For he has rescued

• us from the
• us out of the
• us

• power of
• domain of
• dominion of
• kingdom of
• free from the power of

• darkness and
• darkness. And
• darkness, and

• transferred
• brought
• he brought
• translated

• us into the
• us to the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• his
• His

• dear
• beloved

• son.
• Son,
• Son.

Colossians 1:14

• in whom we

• have
• have the

• redemption, the
• redemption through His
• redemption through his

• forgiveness of

• sins.
• sins,
• sins;
• sins:

Colossians 1:15

• He is the
• The Son is the
• who is the

• image of the invisible God, the

• firstborn of all
• first-born of all
• firstborn over all

• creation.
• creation;
• creation,

Colossians 1:16

• For by Him all
• For by him all
• For in him all
• for in him all
• Through his power all

• things were created, in heaven and on

• earth,
• earth, the

• visible and
• visible and the

• invisible, whether thrones or

• dominions or
• dominions, whether

• principalities or
• rulers or

• powers, all
• powers. All
• powers—All
• powers; all
• authorities—all
• authorities; all
• authorities, all
• powers—all
• powers—
• powers?
• authorities—all

• things

• were
• have been
• were all

• created through
• made by
• made through
• created by

• him and for
• him, and for
• Him and for

• Him.
• him,
• him.
• him;

Colossians 1:17

• He
• And he
• And He
• Christ
• He himself

• is before all
• was before all
• existed before all

• things and in
• things, and in

• Him all
• him all

• things

• hold together.
• hold together,
• hold together;
• together.
• continue because of him.
• are held together,
• are held together.
• are held together in him.

Colossians 1:18

• He
• and he
• And he
• And He
• Christ
• And he himself
• and he himself

• is the head of the body, the

• church, who
• church: who

• is the

• Beginning, the
• beginning, the

• firstborn from the
• first-born from the
• firstborn from among the

• dead, that in all
• dead; that in all
• dead, so that

• things
• he

• He
• he
• himself

• might
• may
• would

• have the
• be
• become

• preeminence.
• pre-eminent.
• preeminent.
• first in everything,
• first in everything.

Colossians 1:19

• For in him all the

• Fullness
• fullness
• fullness of

• God was
• was

• pleased to

• dwell
• dwell,

Colossians 1:20

• and through Him to
• and through him to

• reconcile all things to

• himself, by
• himself by
• Himself by
• himself,
• Himself,

• Making
• making
• having made

• peace through the
• peace by the

• blood of

• his
• His

• cross, through
• cross; through

• him—whether
• him, whether

• things on
• things on the

• earth, or
• earth or

• things in
• things in the

• heaven.

Colossians 1:21

• And although you
• And you who

• were
• were at one

• formerly
• time

• alienated and

• hostile in
• enemies in

• mind, doing evil

• deeds,
• deeds
• actions.
• things.

Colossians 1:22

• but now
• But now
• yet now
• Yet now

• He
• he
• Christ
• God

• has reconciled you by

• his
• His
• Christ’s

• physical
• fleshly

• body through

• death, to
• death to
• His death, to
• his death, to

• present you

• holy and
• holy, without
• holy,

• blemish and
• blemish, and
• blameless and

• blameless before
• irreproachable before

• him,
• him—
• Him—

Colossians 1:23

• if indeed
• as long as
• provided that

• you

• continue in the
• remain in the

• faith,

• established and
• grounded and
• stable and

• steadfast,
• steadfast and
• steadfast, and

• not

• shifting from the
• moved away from the
• shifted away from the

• hope of the
• hope promised by the

• gospel that
• gospel which

• you heard, which has been

• proclaimed in all
• preached to every
• proclaimed to every

• creation under
• creature under

• heaven, and of which
• heaven; and
• heaven. And
• heaven, and
• heaven; of which
• heaven, of which
• heaven.

• I, Paul,

• became a
• was made a
• have become a

• minister.
• servant.

Colossians 1:24

• [Translation pending]

Colossians 1:25

• I
• of which I

• became a
• was made a

• minister,
• minister
• servant,

• according to the

• stewardship from
• dispensation of

• God, that
• God that
• God which

• was

• given to
• given

• me for you, to

• make the
• fulfil the
• fulfill the

• word of

• God.
• God,

Colossians 1:26

• the mystery which
• the mystery that
• the mystery

• has been hidden for
• hidden for
• has been hidden from the
• has been hidden from

• ages and
• ages and from

• generations. But
• generations but
• generations, but
• generations past. But
• generations past, but

• has now
• now it has
• now
• is now
• now has

• been revealed to
• revealed to
• been manifested to

• his
• His
• God’s

• people.
• people,
• saints.
• saints,
• holy people.
• holy ones.
• holy ones,

Colossians 1:27

• God
• To them God
• to whom God

• wanted to
• willed to

• make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the

• Gentiles, which
• Gentiles: which

• is

• Christ in
• Christ among

• you! The
• you, the

• hope of
• hope for

• glory,
• glory.
• glory;
• glory!’
• glory:
• glory!

Colossians 1:28

• [Translation pending]

Colossians 1:29

• To this end
• That’s why
• To do this,

• I labor, striving according to

• his
• His

• working which
• power that
• strength that

• works powerfully in me.