<vn='1'><sn="3972">Paul</s>, an <sn="652">apostle</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="2307">will</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5095">Timothy</s> our <sn="80">brother</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>To <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> which are <sn="1722">at</s><sn="2857">Colosse</s>: <sn="5485">Grace</s> be unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1515">peace</s>, <sn="575">from</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">Father</s><sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>We give <sn="2168">thanks</s> to <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="3962">Father</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="4336">praying</s><sn="3842">always</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="5216">you</s>, </v>
<vn='4'>Since we <sn="191">heard</s> of <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="26">love</s> which <sn="*3588">ye</s> have <sn="1519">to</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1223">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1680">hope</s> which is laid <sn="606">up</s> for <sn="5213">you</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, <sn="3739">whereof</s> ye heard <sn="4257">before</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>; </v>
<vn='6'>Which is <sn="3918">come</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="2531">as</s><sn="*2532">it</s> is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>; <sn="2532 *2076">and</s> bringeth forth <sn="2592">fruit</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> it doth <sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="575">since</s><sn="*3739">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> ye <sn="191">heard</s> of it, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1921">knew</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5485">grace</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="225">truth</s>: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2531">As</s> ye <sn="2532">also</s><sn="3129">learned</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="1889">Epaphras</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="27">dear</s> fellow <sn="4889">servant</s>, <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="5216">you</s> a <sn="4103">faithful</s><sn="1249">minister</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>; </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">Who</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1213">declared</s> unto <sn="2254">us</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="26">love</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4151">Spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1223">For</s> this <sn="5124">cause</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="2532">also</s>, <sn="575">since</s><sn="*3739">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> we <sn="191">heard</s> it, do <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3973">cease</s> to <sn="4336">pray</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="154">desire</s><sn="2443">that</s> ye might be <sn="4137">filled</s> with <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1922">knowledge</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="2307">will</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4678">wisdom</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4152">spiritual</s><sn="4907">understanding</s>; </v>
<vn='10'>That <sn="5209">ye</s> might <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="516">worthy</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="699">pleasing</s>, being <sn="2592">fruitful</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="18">good</s><sn="2041">work</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="837">increasing</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1922">knowledge</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>; </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1412">Strengthened</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="1411">might</s>, <sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="846">his</s><sn="1391">glorious</s><sn="2904">power</s>, <sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5281">patience</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3115">longsuffering</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="5479">joyfulness</s>; </v>
<vn='12'>Giving <sn="2168">thanks</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s>, which hath made us <sn="2427 2248">meet</s> to be <sn="1519 3310">partakers</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2819">inheritance</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5457">light</s>: </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3739">Who</s> hath <sn="4506">delivered</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1849">power</s> of <sn="4655">darkness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> hath <sn="3179">translated</s> us <sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="26">dear</s><sn="5207">Son</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="3739">whom</s> we <sn="2192">have</s><sn="629">redemption</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="129">blood</s>, even <sn="3588">the</s><sn="859">forgiveness</s> of <sn="266">sins</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="1504">image</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="517">invisible</s><sn="2316">God</s>, the <sn="4416">firstborn</s> of <sn="3956">every</s><sn="2937">creature</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="846">him</s> were all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="2936">created</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> are <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">that</s> are <sn="1909">in</s><sn="1093">earth</s>, <sn="3707">visible</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="517">invisible</s>, <sn="1535">whether</s> they be <sn="2362">thrones</s>, <sn="1535">or</s><sn="2963">dominions</s>, <sn="1535">or</s><sn="746">principalities</s>, <sn="1535">or</s><sn="1849">powers</s>: all <sn="3956">things</s> were <sn="2936">created</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="846">him</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="4253">before</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="846">him</s> all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="4921">consist</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2776">head</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s>: <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="746">beginning</s>, the <sn="4416">firstborn</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3498">dead</s>; <sn="2443">that</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s> things <sn="846">he</s> might <sn="1096">have</s> the <sn="4409">preeminence</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3754">For</s> it <sn="2106">pleased</s> the Father that <sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s> should <sn="3956">all</s><sn="4138">fullness</s><sn="2730">dwell</s>; </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s>, having made <sn="1517">peace</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="129">blood</s> of <sn="846">his</s><sn="4716">cross</s>, <sn="1223">by</s><sn="846">him</s> to <sn="604">reconcile</s> all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="848">himself</s>; <sn="1223">by</s><sn="846">him</s>, I say, <sn="1535">whether</s> they be <sn="3588">things</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="1093">earth</s>, <sn="1535">or</s><sn="3588">things</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5209">you</s>, that <sn="5607">were</s><sn="4218">sometime</s><sn="526">alienated</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2190">enemies</s> in your <sn="1271">mind</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="4190">wicked</s><sn="2041">works</s>, <sn="1161">yet</s><sn="3570">now</s> hath he <sn="604">reconciled</s></v>
<vn='22'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="4561">flesh</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="2288">death</s>, to <sn="3936">present</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="299">unblamable</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="410">unreprovable</s> in his <sn="2714 848">sight</s>: </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1489">If</s> ye <sn="1961">continue</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2311">grounded</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1476">settled</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> be <sn="3361">not</s> moved <sn="3334">away</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1680">hope</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> ye have <sn="191">heard</s>, and which was <sn="2784">preached</s><sn="1722">to</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="2937">creature</s><sn="3588">which</s> is <sn="5259">under</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>; <sn="3739">whereof</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="3972">Paul</s> am <sn="1096">made</s> a <sn="1249">minister</s>; </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="5463">rejoice</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3804">sufferings</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="5216">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> fill <sn="466">up</s> that which is <sn="5303">behind</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2347">afflictions</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="4561">flesh</s> for his body's <sn="5228 846 4983">sake</s>, which <sn="3603">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1577">church</s>: </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3739">Whereof</s><sn="1473">I</s> am <sn="1096">made</s> a <sn="1249">minister</s>, <sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3622">dispensation</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> which is <sn="1325">given</s> to <sn="3427">me</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="5209">you</s>, to <sn="4137">fulfill</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>; </v>
<vn='26'> Even <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3466">mystery</s> which hath been <sn="613">hid</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="165">ages</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="1074">generations</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3570">now</s> is made <sn="5319">manifest</s> to <sn="846">his</s><sn="40">saints</s>: </v>
<vn='27'>To <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2309">would</s> make <sn="1107">known</s><sn="5101">what</s> is <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4149">riches</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1391">glory</s> of <sn="5127">this</s><sn="3466">mystery</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>; <sn="3739">which</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1680">hope</s> of <sn="1391">glory</s>: </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3739">Whom</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="2605">preach</s>, <sn="3560">warning</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="444">man</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1321">teaching</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4678">wisdom</s>; <sn="2443">that</s> we may <sn="3936">present</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="5046">perfect</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>: </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1519 3739">Whereunto</s> I <sn="2532">also</s><sn="2872">labor</s>, <sn="75">striving</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="846">his</s><sn="1753">working</s>, which <sn="1754">worketh</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1698">me</s><sn="1722 1411">mightily</s>. </v>