which is the image of the invisible God, first begotten of all creatures:

for by him were all things created, things that are in heaven, and things that are in earth: things visible, and things invisible: whether they be majesty or lordship, either rule or power.

If ye be then risen again with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the righthand of God.

Now therefore as elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdom. Teach and exhort your own selves, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs which have favour with them, singing in your hearts to the Lord.

Which hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son,

Beware lest any man come and spoil you through philosophy and deceitful vanity, through the traditions of men, and ordinances after the world, and not after Christ.

For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,

And he is the head of the body, that is, to wit, of the congregation: he is the beginning and first begotten of the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

which is come unto you, even as it is into all the world, and is fruitful as it is among you, from the first day in the which ye heard of it, and had experience in the grace of God in the truth,

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as though ye did it to the Lord, and not unto men,

in that ye are buried with him through baptism, in whom ye are also risen again through faith, that is wrought by the operation of God which raised him from death.

whom we preach warning all men, and teaching all men in all wisdom, to make all men perfect in Christ Jesus.

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is worshipping of idols:

For this cause we also, since the day we heard of it have not ceased praying for you, and desiring that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Let no man therefore trouble your consciences about meat and drink: or for a piece of a holy day, as the holy day of the new moon, or of the Sabbath day:

which also declared unto us your love, which ye have in the spirit.

And all things, whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father by him.

as ye learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, which is for you a faithful minister of Christ,

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, even so walk rooted and built in him,

And ye which were dead in sin through the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened with him and hath forgiven us all our trespasses

Now joy I in my sufferings which I suffer, for you; and fulfill that which is behind of the passions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the congregation -

Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving,

Wives, submit your own selves unto your own husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.

to whom God would make known the glorious riches of this mystery among the gentiles, which riches is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of saints in light.

And you - which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your minds were set in evil works - hath he now reconciled

and the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which peace ye are called in one body: and see that ye be thankful.

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

and hath put out the handwriting that was against us, contained in the law written, and that hath he taken out of the way, and hath fastened it to his cross,

forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel to another; even as Christ forgave you, even so do ye.

in whom we have redemption through his blood, that is to say, forgiveness of sins,

Lie not one to another, that the old man with his works be put off,

In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcision made without hands, by putting off the sinful body of the flesh, through the circumcision that is in Christ,

and by him to reconcile all things unto himself, and to set at peace by him through the blood of his cross both things in heaven and things in earth.

For it pleased the father that in him should all fullness dwell,

for which thing's sakes the wrath of God cometh on the children of unbelief.

This I say lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

and hath spoiled rule and power, and hath made a show of them openly, and hath triumphed over them in his own person.

Set your affection on things that are above, and not on things which are on the earth.

All things are created by him, and in him, and he is before all things, and in him all things have their being.

But now put ye also away from you all things; wrath, fierceness, maliciousness, cursed speaking, filthy speaking out of your mouths.

Walk wisely to them that are without, and redeem the time.

in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

and the new put on; which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that made him:

that ye might walk worthy of the Lord in all things that please, being fruitful in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God

Servants, be obedient unto your bodily masters in all things: not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart fearing God.

Let your speech be always well favoured and be powdered with salt, that ye may know how to answer every man.

In which things ye walked once, when ye lived in them.

that their hearts might be comforted and knit together in love, and in all riches of full understanding, for to know the mystery of God the father and of Christ:

When Christ, which is our life, shall show himself; then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Where is neither gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarous or Scythian, bond or free: But Christ is all in all things.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

To the saints which are at Colossae, and brethren that believe in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

and ye are complete in him, which is the head of all rule and power.

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the order that ye keep, and your steadfast faith in Christ.

Wherein I also labour and strive, even as far forth as his working worketh in me mightily.

The dear brother Tychicus shall tell you of all my business, which is a faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord,

whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know how ye do, and might comfort your hearts,

I bear him record that he hath a fervent mind toward you, and toward them of Laodicea and them of Hierapolis.

with one Onesimus a faithful, and a beloved brother, which is one of you. They shall show you of all things which are a doing here.

and Jesus which is called Justus, which are of the circumcision. These only are my workfellows unto the kingdom of God, which were unto my consolation.

But he that doth wrong shall receive for the wrong that he hath done: for there is no respect of persons.

Ye masters do unto your servants that which is just and equal, seeing ye know that ye have also a master in heaven.

which things have the similitude of wisdom in chosen holiness, and humbleness, and in that they spare not the body - and do the flesh no worship unto his need.

And when the epistle is read of you, make that it be read in the congregation of the Laodiceans also: and that ye likewise read the epistle of Laodicea.

forasmuch as ye know that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.

which are nothing but shadows of things to come. But the body is in Christ.

Salute the brethren which are of Laodicea, and salute Nymphas, and the congregation which is in his house.

And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the office that thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it."

and holdeth not the head: whereof all the body by joints and couples receiveth nourishment, and is knit together, and increaseth with the increasing that cometh of God.

The salutation by the hand of me, Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you, Amen. {Sent from Rome by Tychicus and Onesimus.}

which all perish with the using of them, and are after the commandments, and doctrines of men:

that I may utter it, as it becometh me to speak.

"Touch not; Taste not; Handle not:"

Children, obey your fathers and mothers, in all things, for that is well pleasing unto the Lord.

We give thanks to God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you in our prayers,

Let no man make you shoot at a wrong mark, which after his own imagination walketh in the humbleness and holiness of angels, things which he never saw: causeless, puffed up with his fleshly mind,

Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ from ordinances of the world: Why as though ye yet lived in the world, are ye led with traditions of them that say

for the hope's sake which is laid up in store for you in heaven, of which hope ye have heard before by the true word of the gospel,

if ye continue grounded and established in the faith, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, whereof ye have heard, how that it is preached among all creatures, which are under heaven, whereof I, Paul, am made a minister.

Above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness,

Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter unto them.

I would ye knew what fighting I have for your sakes, and for them of Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my person in the flesh,

Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be of a desperate mind.

that mystery, hid since the world began, and since the beginning of generations: But now is opened to his saints,

strengthened with all might, through his glorious power, unto all patience, and long suffering, with joyfulness,

Aristarchus my prison fellow saluteth you; And Mark, Barnabas' sister's son: touching whom, ye received commandments. If he come unto you receive him:

Dear Luke the physician greeteth you, and Demas.

in the body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, unblameable, and without fault in his own sight,

Epaphras the servant of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, and always laboureth fervently for you in prayers that ye may stand perfect, and full in all that is the will of God.

whereof am I made a minister according to the ordinance of God, which ordinance was given me unto you ward, to fulfill the word of God:

praying also for us, that God open unto us the door of utterance, that we may speak the mystery of Christ - wherefore I am in bonds -

since we heard of your faith which ye have in Christ Jesus: and of the love which ye bear to all saints

and steadfast in the faith, as ye have learned: and therein be plenteous in giving thanks.