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<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as <i>it has been doing</i> in you also since the day you heard <i>of it</i> and understood the grace of God in truth; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>just as you learned <i>it</i> from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>For this reason also, since the day we heard <i>of it,</i> we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please <i>Him</i> in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Incomparable Christ</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>For by Him all things were created, <i>both</i> in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authoritiesall things have been created through Him and for Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>For it was the <i>Fathers</i> good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, <i>I say,</i> whether things on earth or things in heaven.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, <i>engaged</i> in evil deeds, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christs afflictions. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Of <i>this church</i> I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the <i>preaching of</i> the word of God, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span><i>that is,</i> the mystery which has been hidden from the <i>past</i> ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/colossians/1-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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