Colossians 1:1-13 ▼

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

2 to the holy ones in Colossae, and to the faithful brothers in Christ: Grace to 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 of the love that [is] to all the holy ones,

5 because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which you heard of beforehand by the word of the truth of the good news,

6 which has come to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which you heard, and knew the grace of God in truth,

7 as you also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful servant of the Christ for you,

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

9 Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10 to walk worthily of the LORD, pleasing in all, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

11 in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

12 Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us for the participation of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light,

13 who rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of His love,