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1. COLOSIANS
Colossians
1This letter is from Paul, chosen by
God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus,
and from our brother Timothy.
2It is written to God's holy people in the
city of Colosse, who are faithful brothers
and sisters in Christ. May God our
Father give you grace and peace.
3We always pray for you, and we give
thanks to God the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
4for we have heard that you trust in
Christ Jesus and that you love all of
God's people.
5You do this because you are looking
forward to the joys of heaven--as you
have been ever since you first heard the
truth of the Good News.
6This same Good News that came to
you is going out all over the world. It is
changing lives everywhere, just as it
changed yours that very first day you
heard and understood the truth about
God's great kindness to sinners.
7Epaphras, our much loved co-worker,
was the one who brought you the Good
News. He is Christ's faithful servant, and
he is helping us in your place.
8He is the one who told us about the
great love for others that the Holy Spirit
has given you.
9So we have continued praying for you
ever since we first heard about you. We
ask God to give you a complete
understanding of what he wants to do in
your lives, and we ask him to make you
wise with spiritual wisdom.
10Then the way you live will always
honor and please the Lord, and you will
continually do good, kind things for
others. All the while, you will learn to
know God better and better.
11We also pray that you will be
strengthened with his glorious power so
that you will have all the patience and
endurance you need. May you be filled
with joy,
12always thanking the Father, who has
enabled you to share the inheritance
that belongs to God's holy people, who
live in the light.
13For he has rescued us from the one
who rules in the kingdom of darkness,
and he has brought us into the Kingdom
of his dear Son.
14God has purchased our freedom with
his blood and has forgiven all our sins.
15Christ is the visible image of the
invisible God. He existed before God
made anything at all and is supreme
over all creation.
16Christ is the one through whom God
created everything in heaven and earth.
He made the things we can see and the
things we can't see--kings, kingdoms,
rulers, and authorities. Everything has
been created through him and for him.
17He existed before everything else
began, and he holds all creation
together.
18Christ is the head of the church, which
is his body. He is the first of all who will
rise from the dead, so he is first in
everything.
19For God in all his fullness was pleased
to live in Christ,
20and by him God reconciled everything
to himself. He made peace with
everything in heaven and on earth by
means of his blood on the cross.
21This includes you who were once so
far away from God. You were his
enemies, separated from him by your
evil thoughts and actions,
22yet now he has brought you back as
his friends. He has done this through his
death on the cross in his own human
body. As a result, he has brought you
into the very presence of God, and you
are holy and blameless as you stand
before him without a single fault.
23But you must continue to believe this
truth and stand in it firmly. Don't drift
away from the assurance you received
when you heard the Good News. The
Good News has been preached all over
the world, and I, Paul, have been
appointed by God to proclaim it.
24I am glad when I suffer for you in my
body, for I am completing what remains
of Christ's sufferings for his body, the
church.
25God has given me the responsibility of
serving his church by proclaiming his
message in all its fullness to you
Gentiles.
26This message was kept secret for
centuries and generations past, but now
it has been revealed to his own holy
people.
27For it has pleased God to tell his
people that the riches and glory of Christ
are for you Gentiles, too. For this is the
secret: Christ lives in you, and this is
your assurance that you will share in his
glory.
2. COLOSIANS
28So everywhere we go, we tell
everyone about Christ. We warn them
and teach them with all the wisdom God
has given us, for we want to present
them to God, perfect in their relationship
to Christ.
29I work very hard at this, as I depend on
Christ's mighty power that works within
me.
2I want you to know how much I have
agonized for you and for the church at
Laodicea, and for many other friends
who have never known me personally.
2My goal is that they will be encouraged
and knit together by strong ties of love. I
want them to have full confidence
because they have complete
understanding of God's secret plan,
which is Christ himself.
3In him lie hidden all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge.
4I am telling you this so that no one will
be able to deceive you with persuasive
arguments.
5For though I am far away from you, my
heart is with you. And I am very happy
because you are living as you should
and because of your strong faith in
Christ.
6And now, just as you accepted Christ
Jesus as your Lord, you must continue
to live in obedience to him.
7Let your roots grow down into him and
draw up nourishment from him, so you
will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in
the truth you were taught. Let your lives
overflow with thanksgiving for all he has
done.
8Don't let anyone lead you astray with
empty philosophy and high-sounding
nonsense that come from human
thinking and from the evil powers of this
world, and not from Christ.
9For in Christ the fullness of God lives in
a human body,
10and you are complete through your
union with Christ. He is the Lord over
every ruler and authority in the universe.
11When you came to Christ, you were
"circumcised," but not by a physical
procedure. It was a spiritual procedure--
the cutting away of your sinful nature.
12For you were buried with Christ when
you were baptized. And with him you
were raised to a new life because you
trusted the mighty power of God, who
raised Christ from the dead.
13You were dead because of your sins
and because your sinful nature was not
yet cut away. Then God made you alive
with Christ. He forgave all our sins.
14He canceled the record that contained
the charges against us. He took it and
destroyed it by nailing it to Christ's cross.
15In this way, God disarmed the evil
rulers and authorities. He shamed them
publicly by his victory over them on the
cross of Christ.
16So don't let anyone condemn you for
what you eat or drink, or for not
celebrating certain holy days or newmoon
ceremonies or Sabbaths.
17For these rules were only shadows of
the real thing, Christ himself.
18Don't let anyone condemn you by
insisting on self-denial. And don't let
anyone say you must worship angels,
even though they say they have had
visions about this. These people claim
to be so humble, but their sinful minds
have made them proud.
19But they are not connected to Christ,
the head of the body. For we are joined
together in his body by his strong
sinews, and we grow only as we get our
nourishment and strength from God.
20You have died with Christ, and he has
set you free from the evil powers of this
world. So why do you keep on following
rules of the world, such as,
21"Don't handle, don't eat, don't touch."
22Such rules are mere human teaching
about things that are gone as soon as
we use them.
23These rules may seem wise because
they require strong devotion, humility,
and severe bodily discipline. But they
have no effect when it comes to
conquering a person's evil thoughts and
desires.
3Since you have been raised to new
life with Christ, set your sights on the
realities of heaven, where Christ sits at
God's right hand in the place of honor
and power.
2Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not
think only about things down here on
earth.
3For you died when Christ died, and
your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
4And when Christ, who is your real life,
is revealed to the whole world, you will
share in all his glory.
5So put to death the sinful, earthly things
lurking within you. Have nothing to do
with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and
3. COLOSIANS
shameful desires. Don't be greedy for
the good things of this life, for that is
idolatry.
6God's terrible anger will come upon
those who do such things.
7You used to do them when your life
was still part of this world.
8But now is the time to get rid of anger,
rage, malicious behavior, slander, and
dirty language.
9Don't lie to each other, for you have
stripped off your old evil nature and all
its wicked deeds.
10In its place you have clothed
yourselves with a brand-new nature that
is continually being renewed as you
learn more and more about Christ, who
created this new nature within you.
11In this new life, it doesn't matter if you
are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or
uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized,
slave, or free. Christ is all that matters,
and he lives in all of us.
12Since God chose you to be the holy
people whom he loves, you must clothe
yourselves with tenderhearted mercy,
kindness, humility, gentleness, and
patience.
13You must make allowance for each
other's faults and forgive the person who
offends you. Remember, the Lord
forgave you, so you must forgive others.
14And the most important piece of
clothing you must wear is love. Love is
what binds us all together in perfect
harmony.
15And let the peace that comes from
Christ rule in your hearts. For as
members of one body you are all called
to live in peace. And always be thankful.
16Let the words of Christ, in all their
richness, live in your hearts and make
you wise. Use his words to teach and
counsel each other. Sing psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs to God with
thankful hearts.
17And whatever you do or say, let it be
as a representative of the Lord Jesus,
all the while giving thanks through him
to God the Father.
18You wives must submit to your
husbands, as is fitting for those who
belong to the Lord.
19And you husbands must love your
wives and never treat them harshly.
20You children must always obey your
parents, for this is what pleases the Lord.
21Fathers, don't aggravate your children.
If you do, they will become discouraged
and quit trying.
22You slaves must obey your earthly
masters in everything you do. Try to
please them all the time, not just when
they are watching you. Obey them
willingly because of your reverent fear of
the Lord.
23Work hard and cheerfully at whatever
you do, as though you were working for
the Lord rather than for people.
24Remember that the Lord will give you
an inheritance as your reward, and the
Master you are serving is Christ.
25But if you do what is wrong, you will be
paid back for the wrong you have done.
For God has no favorites who can get
away with evil.
4You slave owners must be just and
fair to your slaves. Remember that you
also have a Master--in heaven.
2Devote yourselves to prayer with an
alert mind and a thankful heart.
3Don't forget to pray for us, too, that God
will give us many opportunities to
preach about his secret plan--that Christ
is also for you Gentiles. That is why I am
here in chains.
4Pray that I will proclaim this message
as clearly as I should.
5Live wisely among those who are not
Christians, and make the most of every
opportunity.
6Let your conversation be gracious and
effective so that you will have the right
answer for everyone.
7Tychicus, a much loved brother, will tell
you how I am getting along. He is a
faithful helper who serves the Lord with
me.
8I have sent him on this special trip to let
you know how we are doing and to
encourage you.
9I am also sending Onesimus, a faithful
and much loved brother, one of your
own people. He and Tychicus will give
you all the latest news.
10Aristarchus, who is in prison with me,
sends you his greetings, and so does
Mark, Barnabas's cousin. And as you
were instructed before, make Mark
welcome if he comes your way.
11Jesus (the one we call Justus) also
sends his greetings. These are the only
Jewish Christians among my coworkers;
they are working with me here
for the Kingdom of God. And what a
comfort they have been!
12Epaphras, from your city, a servant of
4. COLOSIANS
Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings.
He always prays earnestly for you,
asking God to make you strong and
perfect, fully confident of the whole will
of God.
13I can assure you that he has agonized
for you and also for the Christians in
Laodicea and Hierapolis.
14Dear Doctor Luke sends his greetings,
and so does Demas.
15Please give my greetings to our
Christian brothers and sisters at
Laodicea, and to Nympha and those
who meet in her house.
16After you have read this letter, pass it
on to the church at Laodicea so they
can read it, too. And you should read
the letter I wrote to them.
17And say to Archippus, "Be sure to
carry out the work the Lord gave you."
18Here is my greeting in my own
handwriting--PAUL. Remember my
chains. May the grace of God be with
you.