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

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colossae: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father.

On this account we also, from the day we heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to ask that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

And he is the head of the body, the church; since he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he may be in all things preeminent;

for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,

having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him, I say, whether the things on earth, or those in the heavens.

that their hearts may be encouraged, they being knit together in love, and that they may attain to all the riches of a full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God;

And this I say, that no one may impose on you by specious discourses.

Beware lest there be some one who shall make a prey of you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ.

in whom also ye have been circumcised with a circumcision not performed by hand, in putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ,

Let no one defraud you of the prize, desiring to do it in humiliation and worshipping of the angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his own flesh,

and not holding fast the Head, from which the whole body, supported and compacted by means of the joints and ligaments, groweth with an increase wrought by God.

when Christ, our life, shall be manifested, then will ye also be manifested with him in glory.

and let the peace of Christ, to which ye were called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be ye thankful.

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

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

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

And when the letter hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye likewise read the letter from Laodicea.

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