Colossians 1:1-13 ▼

1 Paul, the apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Timothy,

2 to the saints who are in Colossae and the faithful brethren in Christ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

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

4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the divine love which you have toward all the saints.

5 on account of the hope which awaits you in the heavens, which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

6 having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;

7 as you have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is the faithful minister of Christ your behalf,

8 who also having revealed to us your divine love in the Spirit.

9 Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God.

11 being impowered with all power, according to the might of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12 giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;

13 who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;