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even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, do not cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and transferred us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things have been created by him and for him. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and through him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross through him, whether things on the earth or things in heaven.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You, who once were alienated and were hostile in your minds, doing evil deeds, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>if it is so that you continue in the faith, established and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, have become a servant.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ for the sake of his body, which is the church; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>to them God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the non-Jews, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ Jesus; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/colossians/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>for which I also labor, struggling according to his power, which works in me mightily.<p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="//nheb.net/">New Heart English Bible</a><br />Edited by Wayne A. 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