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

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

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

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

as you have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is the faithful minister of Christ your behalf,

Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, who is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

in order that their hearts may be comforted, being knitted together in divine love, and in all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the perfect knowledge of the mystery of God, of Christ,

For if I am absent in the flesh, but I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the establishment of your faith toward Christ.

Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk about in him,

See that no one shall be deceiving you through philosophy and empty delusion, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ,

in whom you are also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of depravity, in the circumcision of Christ;

which things are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is of Christ.

If along with Christ you are dead from the elements of the world, why are you dogmatized as living in the world,

If then ye are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God;

For ye are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God:

when Christ, your life, may appear, then will you also appear with him in glory.

where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: but Christ is all things, and in all.

forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any one may have a quarrel against any one; as Christ also forgave you, so indeed do you likewise:

And let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, in which you are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

knowing that you will receive the recompense of the inheritance from the Lord. Serve the Lord Christ;

at the same time also praying for us, in order that God may open to us the door of the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which I indeed am bound;

Epaphras, who is from you, the servant of Jesus Christ, always agonizing in your behalf in his prayers, in order that you may stand perfect even having been fully carried away in all the will of God, salutes you.