that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

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

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

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

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

But you did not learn Christ that way;

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

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

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

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

so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;

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

so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.

The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

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

holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

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

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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

to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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

even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly;

to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

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

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

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

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

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

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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.