Colossians 1

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Colossians 1:1

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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

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Colossians 1:2

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To God's holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ:

Grace and peace to you from God our father.

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Colossians 1:3

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We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

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Colossians 1:4

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Because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all Gods people -

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Colossians 1:5

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the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you.

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Colossians 1:6

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In the same way the gospel has been bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world - just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God's grace.

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Colossians 1:7

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You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

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Colossians 1:8

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and who also told us of your love in the spirit.

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Colossians 1:9

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For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the spirit gives,

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Colossians 1:9

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For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the spirit gives,

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Colossians 1:10

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so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

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Colossians 1:11

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being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,

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Colossians 1:12

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and giving joyful thanks to the father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.

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Colossians 1:14

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For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

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Colossians 1:13

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For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

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Colossians 1:14

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in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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Colossians 1:15

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The son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

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Colossians 1:16

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For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created through him and for him.

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Colossians 1:17

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He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

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Colossians 1:18

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And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the the first born from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

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Colossians 1:19

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For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

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Colossians 1:20

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and through him to reconcile all things to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.