Colossians 1:1-13 ▼

1 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, I and Timothy my brother,

2 to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are in Colosse: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

4 since we heard of your faithfulness in Christ Jesus, and your love for all the saints,

5 in consequence of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 which is present among you, as it is also in all the world, and is producing fruit, even as it has been doing also among you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

7 as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ for you,

8 and who also made known to us your love in spirit.

9 For this reason, we also, from the day in which we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to request that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, in order to please him in all things, by means of every good work bringing forth fruit, and increasing in the knowledge, of God,

11 strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, in order to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness,

12 giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light:

13 who has delivered us from the authority of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,