Who is the image of the invisible God, Primal Source of all creation;

because in Him were all things created, in the heavens, and upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers??ll things have been created through Him, and for Him;

If, therefore, ye were raised up with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts, to God.

Who delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of His love;

Beware, lest there should be any one who makes a spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceits, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ;

because in Him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;

And He is the Head of the body, the assembly; Who is the Beginning, the First-born from the dead, that in all things He may be preeminent;

which is present among you, even as it is in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it does in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men;

having been buried with Him in your immersion, in which ye were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, Who raised Him from the dead;

Whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Make dead, therefore, your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which, indeed, is idolatry;

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, cease not praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Let no one, therefore, judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or a new moon, or sabbaths,

who also made known to us your love in the Spirit.

And whatsoever ye do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

even as ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for us a faithful minister of Christ,

As, therefore, ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him;

and you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, did He make alive with Him: having freely forgiven us all our trespasses;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings in your behalf, and fill up in turn the deficiencies of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh for the sake of His body, which is the assembly;

Persevere in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as it was fitting in the Lord.

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;

giving thanks to the Father, Who made us meet for the portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;

And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in evil works,

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, unto which also ye were called in one body; and become thankful.

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

having blotted out the hand-writing in decrees against us, which was contrary to us, and He has taken it out of the midst, nailing it to the cross;

(bearing with one another, and freely forgiving one another, if any one have a complaint against any; even as the Lord freely forgave you, so also do ye):

in Whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

in Whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hand, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, whether the things on the earth, or the things in the heavens.

because it was pleasing that in Him all the fulness should dwell;

on account of which things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience;

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasive speech;

having despoiled the principalities and the powers, He made an example of them, celebrating a triumph over them in it.

Keep thinking of the things above, not of the things on the earth,

and He is before all things, and in Him all things have held together.

But now do ye also put away all these; anger, wrath, malice, reviling, shameful talk out of your mouth.

Walk in wisdom toward those without, buying up the opportunity.

in Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden away.

and having put on the new man who is being renewed unto full knowledge, according to the image of Him Who created him;

to walk worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God;

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

in which things ye also formerly walked, when ye were living in these things.

that their hearts may he comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, even Christ,

When Christ, our Life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with Him be manifested in glory.

where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

for ye died, and your life has been hid with Christ in God.

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father.

and ye have been made complete in Him, Who is the Head of all principality and power;

for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the Spirit, rejoicing, and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

to which end I am toiling also, striving according to His working, which is working in me with power.

All the things relating to me Tychicus will make known to you, the beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord;

whom I sent to you for this very purpose, that ye may know the things that concern us, and that he may comfort your hearts;

For I bear him witness, that he has much concern in behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.

together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is from among you; they will make known to you all things here.

and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only are my fellow-workers in the interests of the Kingdom of God, who, indeed, became a comfort to me.

For he that does wrong shall receive back the wrong which he did; and there is no respect of persons,

Masters, render justice and equity to your servants, knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven.

Which things, having, indeed, a show of wisdom, in will-worship, humility, and severe treatment of the body, are not of any value, against the indulgence of the flesh.

And, when the letter may be read among you, cause that it be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans, and that ye also read the one from Laodicea.

knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye are doing service to the Lord, Christ.

which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is Christ's.

Salute the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly in her house.

And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."

and not holding fast the Head from Whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

The salutation, with my hand, of Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.

(which are all for destruction in the using), according to the commandments and teachings of men?

that I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.

"Handle not, taste not, touch not,"

Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well pleasing in the Lord.

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

Let no one rob you of your prize, wishing to do it in humility and in a worshipping of angels, speculating about the things which he has seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as if living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to decrees,

because of the hope laid up for you in Heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel,

if, at least, ye continue in the faith, founded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

and over all these put on love, which is the uniting-bond of perfectness.

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

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I am having for you, and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh;

Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be disheartened.

the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but was now made manifest to His saints;

strengthened with all power, according to the might of His glory, unto all patience and long-suffering with joy;

Aristarchus, my fellow-captive, salutes you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, concerning whom ye received commandments (if he come to you, receive him),

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, salute you.

yet now did He reconcile in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable, before Him;

Epaphras, who is from among you, salutes you, a servant of Christ Jesus, always striving in your behalf in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

of which I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

at the same time praying for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ (because of which I have also become bound),

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding with thanksgiving.