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1:1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ Jesusby through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1:2	to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ thatwho are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
1:3	We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
1:4	havingsince we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which yeyou have towardfor all the saints,;
1:5	because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavensheaven, whereofof yewhich you previously heard before in the word of the truth, of the gospel,
1:6	which ishas come untoto you;, evenjust as it is also in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it dothhas been doing in you also, since the day yeyou heard of it and knewunderstood the grace of God in truth;
1:7	evenjust as yeyou learned ofit from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond servant, who is a faithful ministerservant of Christ on our behalf,
1:8	whoand he also declaredinformed unto us of your love in the Spirit.
1:9	For this causereason we also, since the day we heard of it, dowe have not ceaseceased to pray andfor makeyou requestand forto you,ask that yeyou may be filled with the knowledge of hisHis will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
1:10	toso that you may walk worthilyin a manner worthy of the Lord, untoto please Him in all pleasingrespects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
1:11	strengthened with all power, according to theHis glorious might, offor histhe glory,attaining untoof all patiencesteadfastness and longsufferingpatience; with joy;joyously
1:12	giving thanks untoto the Father, who madehas qualified us meet to beshare partakersin of the inheritance of the saints in light;.
1:13	whoFor He delivered us outfrom of the powerdomain of darkness, and translatedtransferred us intoto the kingdom of theHis beloved Son of his love;,
1:14	in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:.
1:15	whoAnd He is the image of the invisible God, the firstbornfirst born of all creation;.
1:16	forFor inby himHim were all things were created, both in the heavens and uponon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalitiesrulers or powers;authorities all things have been created throughby him,Him and untofor him;Him.
1:17	andAnd heHe is before all things, and in himHim all things consisthold together.
1:18	AndHe he is thealso head of the body, the church:; whoand He is the beginning, the firstbornfirst born from the dead; so that inHe allHimself thingsmight hecome mightto have thefirst preeminenceplace in everything.
1:19	For it was the Fathers good pleasure offor the Father that in him should all the fulness to dwell; in Him,
1:20	and through himHim to reconcile all things untoto himselfHimself, having made peace through the blood of hisHis cross; through himHim, I say, whether things uponon the earth, or things in the heavensheaven.
1:21	And although you, beingwere informerly time past alienated and enemieshostile in your mind, engaged in your evil worksdeeds,
1:22	yet nowHe hathhas henow reconciled you in theHis fleshly body of his flesh through death, in order to present you before Him holy and withoutblameless blemish and unreproveablebeyond before him:reproach
1:23	if soindeed beyou that ye continue in the faith, groundedfirmly established and stedfaststeadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel whichthat yeyou have heard, which was preachedproclaimed in all creation under heaven;, whereofand of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
1:24	Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fillin upmy onflesh myI partdo thatmy whichshare ison lackingbehalf of theHis afflictionsbody ofwhich Christis inthe mychurch fleshin forfilling hisup bodysthat sake, which is thelacking church;in Christs afflictions.
1:25	whereofOf this church I was made a minister, according to the dispensationstewardship offrom God whichbestowed wason given me tofor youyour wardbenefit, tothat fulfilI might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
1:26	eventhat is, the mystery which hathhas been hidhidden forfrom the past ages and generations:; but has now hath it been manifested to hisHis saints,
1:27	to whom God waswilled pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:.
1:28	whomAnd we proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man inwith all wisdom, that we may present every man perfectcomplete in Christ;.
1:29	whereuntoAnd for this purpose also I labor also, striving according to hisHis workingpower, which workethmightily inworks within me mightily.
2:1	For I wouldwant have you to know how greatlygreat a struggle I strivehave foron youyour behalf, and for themthose who are at Laodicea, and for asall manythose aswho have not personally seen my face in the flesh;,
2:2	that their hearts may be comfortedencouraged, theyhaving beingbeen knit together in love, and untoattaining to all richesthe ofwealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, thatresulting theyin maya knowtrue theknowledge of Gods mystery, ofthat Godis, evenChrist ChristHimself,
2:3	in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
2:4	This I say, this in order that no one may delude you with persuasivenesspersuasive of speechargument.
2:5	For even though I am absent in the fleshbody, yetnevertheless I am I with you in the spirit, joyingrejoicing andto beholdingsee your order,good discipline and the stedfastnessstability of your faith in Christ.
2:6	As you therefore yehave received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in himHim,
2:7	having been firmly rooted and buildednow being built up in him,Him and established in your faith, evenjust as yeyou were taughtinstructed, aboundingand inoverflowing thanksgivingwith gratitude.
2:8	TakeSee heedto lestit therethat shallno be any one thattakes makethyou spoilcaptive of you through his philosophy and vainempty deceitdeception, afteraccording to the tradition of men, afteraccording to the rudimentselementary principles of the world, andrather notthan afteraccording to Christ:.
2:9	forFor in himHim dwelleth all the fulness of theDeity Godheaddwells in bodily form,
2:10	and in himHim yeyou arehave been made fullcomplete, whoand He is the head ofover all principalityrule and power:authority;
2:11	and in whomHim yeyou were also circumcised with a circumcision not made withwithout hands, in the puttingremoval off of the body of the flesh, inby the circumcision of Christ;
2:12	having been buried with himHim in baptism, whereinin yewhich you were also raised up with himHim through faith in the working of God, who raised himHim from the dead.
2:13	And when you, beingwere dead throughin your trespassestransgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you,He Imade say,you did he make alive together with himHim, having forgiven us all our trespasses;transgressions,
2:14	having blottedcanceled out the bondcertificate writtenof indebt ordinancesconsisting thatof wasdecrees against us, and which was contraryhostile to us:; and heHe hathhas taken it out of the way, nailinghaving nailed it to the cross;.
2:15	havingWhen despoiledHe had disarmed the principalitiesrulers and the powersauthorities, heHe made a showpublic display of them openly, triumphinghaving triumphed over them inthrough itHim.
2:16	LetTherefore let no manone thereforeact as your judge you in meat,regard to food or in drink, or in respect ofto a feastfestival day or a new moon or a sabbathSabbath day:
2:17	things which are a mere shadow of thewhat thingsis to come; but the bodysubstance isbelongs Christsto Christ.
2:18	Let no manone robkeep defrauding you of your prize by adelighting voluntaryin humilityself abasement and worshippingthe worship of the angels, dwellingtaking inhis thestand thingson whichvisions he hathhas seen, vainlyinflated puffedwithout upcause by his fleshly mind,
2:19	and not holding fast to the Headhead, from whom all the entire body, being supplied and knitheld together throughby the joints and bandsligaments, increasethgrows with thea increasegrowth ofwhich is from God.
2:20	If yeyou have died with Christ fromto the rudimentselementary principles of the world, why, as thoughif you were living in the world, do yeyou subjectsubmit yourselvesyourself to ordinancesdecrees, such as,
2:21	HandleDo not handle, nordo not taste, nordo not touch!
2:22	which all whichrefer to things aredestined to perish with the using, afterin accordance with the preceptscommandments and doctrinesteachings of men?
2:23	WhichThese thingsare matters which have, indeedto abe showsure, the appearance of wisdom in willself worship,made religion and humility,selfabasement and severitysevere totreatment of the body;, but are not of anyno value against thefleshly indulgence of the flesh.
3:1	If then yeyou werehave been raised togetherup with Christ, seekkeep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated onat the right hand of God.
3:2	Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are uponon the earth.
3:3	For yeyou have died, and your life is hidhidden with Christ in God.
3:4	When Christ, who is our life, shallis be manifestedrevealed, then shallyou ye also withwill him be manifestedrevealed with Him in glory.
3:5	PutTherefore toconsider deaththe thereforemembers of your membersearthly whichbody areas upondead theto earth: fornicationimmorality, uncleannessimpurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousnessgreed, which isamounts to idolatry;.
3:6	forFor whichit is on account of these things sakethat cometh the wrath of God uponwill the sons of disobedience:come,
3:7	whereinand yein them you also once walked, when yeyou livedwere living in these things;them.
3:8	butBut now doyou ye also, put them all awayaside: anger, wrath, malice, railingslander, shamefuland speakingabusive outspeech offrom your mouth:.
3:9	lieDo not onelie to one another;, seeingsince thatyou yelaid haveaside put off the old manself with hisits doingsevil practices,
3:10	and have put on the new man,self thatwho is being renewed untoto a true knowledge afteraccording to the image of himthe thatOne who created him:
3:11	wherea renewal in which there cannotis beno distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcisioncircumcised and uncircumcisionuncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, bondman,slave and freeman;, but Christ is all, and in all.
3:12	PutAnd on thereforeso, as Godsthose electwho have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowlinesshumility, meekness,gentleness longsufferingand patience;
3:13	forbearingbearing with one another, and forgiving each other, ifwhoever anyhas man have a complaint against anyanyone; evenjust as the Lord forgave you, so also doshould ye:you.
3:14	andAnd abovebeyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of perfectnessunity.
3:15	And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which alsoindeed yeyou were called in one body; and be ye thankful.
3:16	Let the word of Christ richly dwell inwithin you, richly;with in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gracethankfulness in your hearts untoto God.
3:17	And whatsoeverwhatever yeyou do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father through him.
3:18	Wives, be insubject subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
3:19	Husbands, love your wives, and bedo not bitterbe embittered against them.
3:20	Children, obeybe obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing into the Lord.
3:21	Fathers, provokedo not exasperate your children, that they bemay not discouragedlose heart.
3:22	ServantsSlaves, obey in all things themobey thatthose who are your masters accordingon toearth, the flesh; not with eyeexternal service, as those who merely please men pleasers, but inwith singlenesssincerity of heart, fearing the Lord:.
3:23	whatsoeverWhatever yeyou do, do your work heartily, as untofor the Lord, andrather notthan untofor men;
3:24	knowing that from the Lord yeyou shallwill receive the recompensereward of the inheritance:. yeIt serveis the Lord Christ whom you serve.
3:25	For he thatwho doethdoes wrong shallwill receive againthe forconsequences of the wrong thatwhich he hathhas done:, and therethat iswithout no respect of personspartiality.
4:1	Masters, rendergrant untoto your servantsslaves thatjustice which is just and equal;fairness, knowing that yeyou alsotoo have a Master in heaven.
4:2	ContinueDevote stedfastlyyourselves into prayer, watchingkeeping thereinalert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
4:3	withal praying at the same time for us alsoas well, that God may open untoup to us a door for the word, toso that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I amhave also inbeen bondsimprisoned;
4:4	in order that I may make it manifest,clear asin the way I ought to speak.
4:5	WalkConduct inyourselves with wisdom toward themoutsiders, thatmaking arethe without,most redeemingof the timeopportunity.
4:6	Let your speech always be always with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that yeyou may know how yeyou oughtshould respond to answer each oneperson.
4:7	AllAs to all my affairs, shall Tychicus make known unto you, theour beloved brother and faithful ministerservant and fellow bond servant in the Lord:, will bring you information.
4:8	whomFor I have sent untohim to you for this very purpose, that yeyou may know about our state,circumstances and that he may comfortencourage your hearts;
4:9	togetherand with him Onesimus, theour faithful and beloved brother, who is one of youyour number. They shallwill makeinform known unto you allabout thingsthe thatwhole aresituation done here.
4:10	Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, salutethsends you, his greetings; and Mark,also theBarnabas cousin ofMark Barnabasabout touching whom yeyou received commandments;instructions: if he comecomes untoto you, receivewelcome him,;
4:11	and also Jesus thatwho is called Justus,; whothese are of the circumcision: these only are my fellow workers untofor the kingdom of God, menwho thatare from the circumcision; and they have beenproved ato comfortbe untoan encouragement to me.
4:12	Epaphras, who is one of youyour number, a servantbondslave of Jesus Christ Jesus, salutethsends you his greetings, always strivinglaboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that yeyou may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
4:13	For I bear him witness, that he hathhas mucha labordeep concern for you, and for themthose who are in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.
4:14	Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas salute you.
4:15	SaluteGreet the brethren thatwho are in Laodicea, and Nymphas,also Nympha and the church that is in theirher house.
4:16	And when this epistleletter hathis been read among you, causehave that it bealso read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and thatyou, yefor alsoyour part read themy epistleletter that is coming from Laodicea.
4:17	And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thouyou hasthave received in the Lord, that thouyou fulfilmay fulfill it.
4:18	TheI, salutationPaul, ofwrite methis Paulgreeting with minemy own hand. Remember my bondsimprisonment. Grace be with you.