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1. From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus. I am an apostle because that is what God wanted. Also from Timothy, our brother.
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1. Paul G3972 , an apostle G652 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 by G1223 the will G2307 of God G2316 , and G2532 Timothy G5095 our brother G80 ,
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2. To the holy and faithful brothers and sistersn in Christ that live in Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
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2. To the G3588 saints G40 and G2532 faithful G4103 brethren G80 in G1722 Christ G5547 which are at G1722 Colosse G2857 : Grace G5485 be unto you G5213 , and G2532 peace G1515 , from G575 God G2316 our G2257 Father G3962 and G2532 the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 .
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3. In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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3. We give thanks G2168 to God G2316 and G2532 the Father G3962 of our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , praying G4336 always G3842 for G4012 you G5216 ,
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4. because we have heard about the faith you have in Christ Jesus and the love you have for all of God's people.
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4. Since we heard G191 of your G5216 faith G4102 in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 , and G2532 of the G3588 love G26 which ye G3588 have to G1519 all G3956 the G3588 saints G40 .
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5. You have this faith and love because of your hope, and what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the message about the truth, the Good News
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5. For G1223 the G3588 hope G1680 which is laid up G606 for you G5213 in G1722 heaven G3772 , whereof G3739 ye heard before G4257 in G1722 the G3588 word G3056 of the G3588 truth G225 of the G3588 gospel G2098 ;
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6. that was told to you. Everywhere in the world that Good News is bringing blessings and is growing. This has happened with you, too, since you heard the Good News and understood the truth about the grace of God.
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6. Which is come G3918 unto G1519 you G5209 , as G2531 it G2532 is in G1722 all G3956 the G3588 world G2889 ; and G2532 G2076 bringeth forth fruit G2592 , as G2531 it doth also G2532 in G1722 you G5213 , since G575 the G3739 day G2250 ye heard G191 of it, and G2532 knew G1921 the G3588 grace G5485 of God G2316 in G1722 truth G225 :
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7. You learned about God's grace from Epaphras, whom we love. He works together with us and is a faithful servant of Christ for us.
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7. As G2531 ye also G2532 learned G3129 of G575 Epaphras G1889 our G2257 dear G27 fellow servant G4889 , who G3739 is G2076 for G5228 you G5216 a faithful G4103 minister G1249 of Christ G5547 ;
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8. He also told us about the love you have from the Holy Spirit.
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8. Who G3588 also G2532 declared G1213 unto us G2254 your G5216 love G26 in G1722 the Spirit G4151 .
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9. Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we have continued praying for you, asking God that you will know fully what he wants. We pray that you will also have great wisdom and understanding in spiritual things
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9. For G1223 this cause G5124 we G2249 also G2532 , since G575 the G3739 day G2250 we heard G191 it, do not G3756 cease G3973 to pray G4336 for G5228 you G5216 , and G2532 to desire G154 that G2443 ye might be filled G4137 with the G3588 knowledge G1922 of his G846 will G2307 in G1722 all G3956 wisdom G4678 and G2532 spiritual G4152 understanding G4907 ;
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10. so that you will live the kind of life that honors and pleases the Lord in every way. You will produce fruit in every good work and grow in the knowledge of God.
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10. That ye G5209 might walk G4043 worthy G516 of the G3588 Lord G2962 unto G1519 all G3956 pleasing G699 , being fruitful G2592 in G1722 every G3956 good G18 work G2041 , and G2532 increasing G837 in G1519 the G3588 knowledge G1922 of God G2316 ;
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11. God will strengthen you with his own great power so that you will not give up when troubles come, but you will be patient.
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11. Strengthened G1412 with G1722 all G3956 might G1411 , according G2596 to his G846 glorious G1391 power G2904 , unto G1519 all G3956 patience G5281 and G2532 longsuffering G3115 with G3326 joyfulness G5479 ;
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12. And you will joyfully give thanks to the Father who has made you able to have a share in all that he has prepared for his people in the kingdom of light.
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12. Giving thanks G2168 unto the G3588 Father G3962 , which hath made us meet G2427 G2248 to be partakers G1519 G3310 of the G3588 inheritance G2819 of the G3588 saints G40 in G1722 light G5457 :
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13. God has freed us from the power of darkness, and he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
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13. Who G3739 hath delivered G4506 us G2248 from G1537 the G3588 power G1849 of darkness G4655 , and G2532 hath translated G3179 us into G1519 the G3588 kingdom G932 of his G848 dear G26 Son G5207 :
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14. The Son paid for our sins, and in him we have forgiveness.
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14. In G1722 whom G3739 we have G2192 redemption G629 through G1223 his G846 blood G129 , even the G3588 forgiveness G859 of sins G266 :
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15. No one can see God, but Jesus Christ is exactly like him. He ranks higher than everything that has been made.
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15. Who G3739 is G2076 the image G1504 of the G3588 invisible G517 God G2316 , the firstborn G4416 of every G3956 creature G2937 :
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16. Through his power all things were made -- things in heaven and on earth, things seen and unseen, all powers, authorities, lords, and rulers. All things were made through Christ and for Christ.
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16. For G3754 by G1722 him G846 were all things G3956 created G2936 , that G3588 are in G1722 heaven G3772 , and G2532 that G3588 are in G1909 earth G1093 , visible G3707 and G2532 invisible G517 , whether G1535 they be thrones G2362 , or G1535 dominions G2963 , or G1535 principalities G746 , or G1535 powers G1849 : all things G3956 were created G2936 by G1223 him G846 , and G2532 for G1519 him G846 :
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17. He was there before anything was made, and all things continue because of him.
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17. And G2532 he G846 is G2076 before G4253 all things G3956 , and G2532 by G1722 him G846 all things G3956 consist G4921 .
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18. He is the head of the body, which is the church. Everything comes from him. He is the first one who was raised from the dead. So in all things Jesus has first place.
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18. And G2532 he G846 is G2076 the G3588 head G2776 of the G3588 body G4983 , the G3588 church G1577 : who G3739 is G2076 the beginning G746 , the firstborn G4416 from G1537 the G3588 dead G3498 ; that G2443 in G1722 all G3956 things he G846 might have G1096 the preeminence G4409 .
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19. God was pleased for all of himself to live in Christ.
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19. For G3754 it pleased G2106 the Father that in G1722 him G846 should all G3956 fullness G4138 dwell G2730 ;
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20. And through Christ, God has brought all things back to himself again -- things on earth and things in heaven. God made peace through the blood of Christ's death on the cross.
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20. And G2532 , having made peace G1517 through G1223 the G3588 blood G129 of his G846 cross G4716 , by G1223 him G846 to reconcile G604 all things G3956 unto G1519 himself G848 ; by G1223 him G846 , I say, whether G1535 they be things G3588 in G1909 earth G1093 , or G1535 things G3588 in G1722 heaven G3772 .
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21. At one time you were separated from God. You were his enemies in your minds, and the evil things you did were against God.
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21. And G2532 you G5209 , that were G5607 sometime G4218 alienated G526 and G2532 enemies G2190 in your mind G1271 by G1722 wicked G4190 works G2041 , yet G1161 now G3570 hath he reconciled G604
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22. But now God has made you his friends again. He did this through Christ's death in the body so that he might bring you into God's presence as people who are holy, with no wrong, and with nothing of which God can judge you guilty.
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22. In G1722 the G3588 body G4983 of his G848 flesh G4561 through G1223 death G2288 , to present G3936 you G5209 holy G40 and G2532 unblamable G299 and G2532 unreprovable G410 in his sight G2714 G848 :
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23. This will happen if you continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope brought to you by the Good News that you heard. That same Good News has been told to everyone in the world, and I, Paul, help in preaching that Good News.
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23. If G1489 ye continue G1961 in the G3588 faith G4102 grounded G2311 and G2532 settled G1476 , and G2532 be not G3361 moved away G3334 from G575 the G3588 hope G1680 of the G3588 gospel G2098 , which G3739 ye have heard G191 , and which was preached G2784 to G1722 every G3956 creature G2937 which G3588 is under G5259 heaven G3772 ; whereof G3739 I G1473 Paul G3972 am made G1096 a minister G1249 ;
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24. I am happy in my sufferings for you. There are things that Christ must still suffer through his body, the church. I am accepting, in my body, my part of these things that must be suffered.
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24. Who G3739 now G3568 rejoice G5463 in G1722 my G3450 sufferings G3804 for G5228 you G5216 , and G2532 fill up G466 that which is behind G5303 of the G3588 afflictions G2347 of Christ G5547 in G1722 my G3450 flesh G4561 for his body's sake G5228 G846 G4983 , which is G3603 the G3588 church G1577 :
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25. I became a servant of the church because God gave me a special work to do that helps you, and that work is to tell fully the message of God.
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25. Whereof G3739 I G1473 am made G1096 a minister G1249 , according G2596 to the G3588 dispensation G3622 of God G2316 which is given G1325 to me G3427 for G1519 you G5209 , to fulfill G4137 the G3588 word G3056 of God G2316 ;
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26. This message is the secret that was hidden from everyone since the beginning of time, but now it is made known to God's holy people.
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26. Even the G3588 mystery G3466 which hath been hid G613 from G575 ages G165 and G2532 from G575 generations G1074 , but G1161 now G3570 is made manifest G5319 to his G846 saints G40 :
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27. God decided to let his people know this rich and glorious secret which he has for all people. This secret is Christ himself, who is in you. He is our only hope for glory.
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27. To whom G3739 God G2316 would G2309 make known G1107 what G5101 is the G3588 riches G4149 of the G3588 glory G1391 of this G5127 mystery G3466 among G1722 the G3588 Gentiles G1484 ; which G3739 is G2076 Christ G5547 in G1722 you G5213 , the G3588 hope G1680 of glory G1391 :
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28. So we continue to preach Christ to each person, using all wisdom to warn and to teach everyone, in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature person in Christ.
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28. Whom G3739 we G2249 preach G2605 , warning G3560 every G3956 man G444 , and G2532 teaching G1321 every G3956 man G444 in G1722 all G3956 wisdom G4678 ; that G2443 we may present G3936 every G3956 man G444 perfect G5046 in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 :
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29. To do this, I work and struggle, using Christ's great strength that works so powerfully in me.
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29. Whereunto G1519 G3739 I also G2532 labor G2872 , striving G75 according G2596 to his G846 working G1753 , which worketh G1754 in G1722 me G1698 mightily G1722 G1411 .
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