Colossians 1:1-13 ▼

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

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

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

4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love ye show to all the saints;

5 because of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, which ye have heard before in the word of truth, the gospel,

6 which is come unto you, as it is also unto all the world; and beareth fruit, as also among you, from the day that ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

7 even as ye have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-labourer, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;

8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

9 For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 that ye may walk worthy of the Lord, well pleasing him in all things, in every good work fruitful, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;

12 giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;

13 who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love: