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1 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Ti-mo’the-us our brother, 2 To those who are at Colosse, holy brethren and believers in Jesus Christ: Peace be with you, and grace from God our Father and our LORD Jesus Christ. 3 Always we give thanks to God, the Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, and always we pray for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Jesus Christ, and of your love for all the saints, 5 For the hope which is preserved for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the true word of the gospel; 6 Which has been preached to you, just as it has been preached throughout the world; growing and bringing forth fruits, as it does also in you, since the day you heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth; 7 Just as you have learned it from Ep’a-phras our beloved fellow-servant, who is for your sakes a faithful minister of Christ: 8 And who has made known to us your love for spiritual things. 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you might be filled with the knowledge of the will of God in all wisdom and in all spiritual understanding; 10 That you might live a righteous life, please God with all good works, and bring forth good fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God; 11 And be strengthened with all might, according to the greatness of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering, 12 So that you may joyfully give thanks to God the Father, who has enlightened us and made us worthy partakers of the inheritance of the saints; 13 And has delivered us from the power of darkness, and brought us to the kingdom of his beloved Son: Colossians 1:1-13, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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