To: The holy and faithful brothers in Colossae who are in union with the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father be yours!

that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.

Through the Son, God also reconciled all things to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, thereby making peace through the blood of his cross.

having erased the charges that were brought against us, along with their obligations that were hostile to us. He took those charges away when he nailed them to the cross.

And when he had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.

This greeting is written with my own signature "Paul." Remember that I remain imprisoned. May grace be with you! Amen.