but God, being rich in mercy, on account of His great love wherewith He loved us,

For by grace ye have been saved through faith: and this, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:

for we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

that at that time ye were apart from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.

and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;

Accordingly, therefore, ye are no longer strangers and sojourners; but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints and of the house-hold of God;

in Whom ye also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

if, at least, ye heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you,

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

and to plainly show what is the dispensation of the mystery which from the ages has been hidden away in God, Who made all things;

in order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

and to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

one God and Father of all, Who is over all, and through all, and in all.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man??o the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their hearts;

and put on the new man, who after God was created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to impart to him that has need.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for the supplying of the need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children;

and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and delivered Himself up for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.

For this ye know, assuredly, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words; for, because of these things, comes the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul,

with good-will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

knowing that whatsoever good thing each one does, this shall he receive from the Lord, whether bond or free.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil;

On this account, take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day; and, having fully accomplished all, to stand.

And receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you??4 always, in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all, making supplication with joy??5 on account of your fellowship for the Gospel, from the first day until now;

having become persuaded of this very thing, that He Who began in you a good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ;

For God is my witness, how I long for you all in the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

and that the greater part of the brethren, having become confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.

Some, indeed, preach Christ even because of envy and strife; and some also of good-will;

and in nothing terrified by the adversaries; which, indeed, to them is a token of destruction, but of your salvation, and this from God;

Who, existing originally in the form of God, accounted it not a prize to he equal with God.

Wherefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed upon Him the name which is above every name;

and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

for it is God Who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

For, in fact, he was sick, near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in flesh:

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith in Christ??he righteousness which is of God by faith:

I am pressing on toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Let us, therefore, as many as are perfect, think this: and, if in anything ye think differently, even this God will reveal to you;

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who are thinking of earthly things.

Be anxious for nothing; but, in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God:

and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are righteous, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

The things also, which ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these practice; and the God of peace will be with you.

But I have all, and abound; I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, an odor of sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

But my God will liberally supply all your need according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.

Now to our God and Father be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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,

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;

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,

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;

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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),

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.

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.

Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you, and peace.

We give thanks to God at all times for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

remembering, without ceasing, your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election;

For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we have no need to speak anything;

for they themselves report, concerning us, what manner of entrance we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

but, having suffered before, and having been shamefully treated, as ye know, in Philippi, we grew bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God in much conflict.

but even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, Who proveth our hearts.

For neither, at any time, did we use a word of flattery, as ye know, nor a semblance of covetousness, God is witness;

so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not only the Gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil; working night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you, we preached to you the Gospel of God.

Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and unblamably we behaved toward you who believe;

that ye should walk worthily of God, Who is calling you into His own Kingdom and glory.

And, for this reason, we also give thanks to God without ceasing, that, having received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it, not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which also is working in you who believe.

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the assemblies of God, that are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because ye suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they also did from the Jews;

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God in the Gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to exhort you concerning your faith;

But, Timothy having just now come to us from you, and having brought us good tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us at all times, longing to see us, as we also to see you??7 for this reason, brethren, we were comforted over you, in all our tribulation and distress, through your faith;

For what thanksgiving can we render again to God concerning you for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on your account before our God;

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you;

to the end that He may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.

Finally, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk, and to please God??ven as ye also are walking??hat ye abound more and more;