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Colossians 1
Tree of Life Version

Greetings

1 Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua by God’s will, and Timothy our brother,

2 To the kedoshim, the faithful brothers and sisters in Messiah, who are at Colossae:

Grace and shalom to you from God our Father![a]

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, whenever we pray for you. 4 For we heard of your trust in Messiah Yeshua and the love you have for all the kedoshim 5 because of the hope stored up for you in heaven. You heard before about this hope in the true message of the Good News 6 that has come to you. In all the world this Good News is bearing fruit and growing,[b] just as it has in you since you first heard it and came to truly know God’s grace. 7 You learned it from Epaphras—our dearly loved fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Messiah on our behalf. 8 He also made clear to us your love in the Ruach.

9 For this reason also, ever since we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking God that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding— 10 to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God. 11 We pray that you may be strengthened with all the power that comes from His glorious might, for you to have all kinds of patience and steadfastness. With joy 12 we give thanks to the Father, who qualified you to share in the inheritance of the kedoshim in the light. 13 He rescued us from the domain of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom He loves. 14 In Him we have redemption—the release of sins.

Ben-Elohim Is Supreme

15 He is the image of the invisible God,
    the firstborn of all creation.
16 For by Him all things were created—
    in heaven and on earth,
    the seen and the unseen,
    whether thrones or angelic powers
    or rulers or authorities.
All was created through Him and for Him.
17 He exists before everything,
    and in Him all holds together.
18 He is the head of the body, His community.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead—
    so that He might come to have first place in all things.
19 For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him[c]
20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself,
    making peace through the blood of His cross—
    whether things on earth or things in heaven!

21 Once you were alienated from God and hostile in your attitude by wicked deeds. 22 But now He has reconciled you in Messiah’s physical body through death, in order to present you holy, spotless and blameless in His eyes— 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm, not budging from the hope of the Good News that you have heard. This Good News has been proclaimed throughout all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

The Mystery Revealed

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and in my physical body—for the sake of His body, Messiah’s community—I fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Messiah. 25 I became its servant according to God’s commission, given to me for you, in order to declare His message in full— 26 the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His kedoshim. 27 God chose to make known to them this glorious mystery regarding the Gentiles—which is Messiah in you, the hope of glory! 28 We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete[d] in Messiah. 29 To this end I labor, striving with all His strength which is powerfully at work in me.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:2 Some mss. add: and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
  2. Colossians 1:6 cf. Gen. 1:28; 9:1, 7; 17:2; 22:17; 28:3; 35:11.
  3. Colossians 1:19 cf. Isa. 6:3; Ezek. 43:5; 44:4.
  4. Colossians 1:28 cf. 1 Ki. 8:61; 11:4.
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ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1
SBL Greek New Testament

1 Παῦλος ἀπόστολος [a]Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς 2 τοῖς ἐν [b]Κολοσσαῖς ἁγίοις καὶ πιστοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς [c]ἡμῶν.

3 Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ [d]θεῷ πατρὶ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πάντοτε [e]περὶ ὑμῶν προσευχόμενοι, 4 ἀκούσαντες τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην [f]ἣν ἔχετε εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους 5 διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα τὴν ἀποκειμένην ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἣν προηκούσατε ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας τοῦ εὐαγγελίου 6 τοῦ παρόντος εἰς ὑμᾶς, καθὼς καὶ ἐν παντὶ τῷ [g]κόσμῳ ἐστὶν καρποφορούμενον καὶ αὐξανόμενον καθὼς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέρας ἠκούσατε καὶ ἐπέγνωτε τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ· 7 [h]καθὼς ἐμάθετε ἀπὸ Ἐπαφρᾶ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ συνδούλου ἡμῶν, ὅς ἐστιν πιστὸς ὑπὲρ [i]ἡμῶν διάκονος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 8 ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι.

9 Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέρας ἠκούσαμεν, οὐ παυόμεθα ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν προσευχόμενοι καὶ αἰτούμενοι ἵνα πληρωθῆτε τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ συνέσει πνευματικῇ, 10 [j]περιπατῆσαι ἀξίως τοῦ κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν ἀρεσκείαν ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καρποφοροῦντες καὶ αὐξανόμενοι [k]τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ θεοῦ, 11 ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει δυναμούμενοι κατὰ τὸ κράτος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ εἰς πᾶσαν ὑπομονὴν καὶ μακροθυμίαν μετὰ χαρᾶς, 12 εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ πατρὶ τῷ ἱκανώσαντι [l]ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν μερίδα τοῦ κλήρου τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ φωτί, 13 ὃς ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ σκότους καὶ μετέστησεν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ, 14 ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν, τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν· 15 ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως, 16 ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ [m]πάντα ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς [n]καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, εἴτε θρόνοι εἴτε κυριότητες εἴτε ἀρχαὶ εἴτε ἐξουσίαι· τὰ πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν ἔκτισται· 17 καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν, 18 καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος τῆς ἐκκλησίας· ὅς [o]ἐστιν ἀρχή, πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων, 19 ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησεν πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι 20 καὶ δι’ αὐτοῦ ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα εἰς αὐτόν, εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ αὐτοῦ, [p][δι’ αὐτοῦ] εἴτε τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἴτε τὰ [q]ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· 21 καὶ ὑμᾶς ποτε ὄντας ἀπηλλοτριωμένους καὶ ἐχθροὺς τῇ διανοίᾳ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς— 22 νυνὶ δὲ [r]ἀποκατηλλάγητε ἐν τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ θανάτου— παραστῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους καὶ ἀνεγκλήτους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ, 23 εἴ γε ἐπιμένετε τῇ πίστει τεθεμελιωμένοι καὶ ἑδραῖοι καὶ μὴ μετακινούμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ εὐαγγελίου οὗ ἠκούσατε, τοῦ κηρυχθέντος ἐν [s]πάσῃ κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν, οὗ ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ Παῦλος διάκονος.

24 Νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς παθήμασιν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀνταναπληρῶ τὰ ὑστερήματα τῶν θλίψεων τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία, 25 ἧς ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ διάκονος κατὰ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι εἰς ὑμᾶς πληρῶσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ, 26 τὸ μυστήριον τὸ ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γενεῶν,— [t]νῦν δὲ ἐφανερώθη τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ, 27 οἷς ἠθέλησεν ὁ θεὸς γνωρίσαι τί τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τοῦ μυστηρίου τούτου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, [u]ὅ ἐστιν Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς δόξης· 28 ὃν ἡμεῖς καταγγέλλομεν νουθετοῦντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ διδάσκοντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ, ἵνα παραστήσωμεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον τέλειον ἐν [v]Χριστῷ· 29 εἰς ὃ καὶ κοπιῶ ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν δυνάμει.

Footnotes

  1. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:1 Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ WH Treg NIV ] Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ RP
  2. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:2 Κολοσσαῖς WH NIV ] Κολασσαῖς Treg RP
  3. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:2 ἡμῶν WH Treg NIV ] + καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ RP
  4. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:3 θεῷ WH NIV ] + καὶ Treg RP
  5. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:3 περὶ WH NIV RP ] ὑπὲρ Treg
  6. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:4 ἣν ἔχετε WH Treg NIV ] τὴν RP
  7. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:6 κόσμῳ WH Treg NIV ] + καὶ RP
  8. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:7 καθὼς WH Treg NIV ] + καὶ RP
  9. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:7 ἡμῶν WH Treg NIV ] ὑμῶν RP NA
  10. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:10 περιπατῆσαι WH Treg NIV ] + ὑμᾶς RP
  11. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:10 τῇ ἐπιγνώσει WH Treg NIV ] εἰς τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν RP
  12. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:12 ὑμᾶς WH NIV ] ἡμᾶς Treg RP
  13. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:16 πάντα WH Treg NIV ] + τὰ RP
  14. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:16 καὶ WH NIV ] + τὰ Treg RP
  15. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:18 ἐστιν Treg NIV RP ] + ἡ WH
  16. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:20 δι’ αὐτοῦ WH RP NA ] – Treg NIV
  17. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:20 ἐν WH Treg NIV ] ἐπὶ RP
  18. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:22 ἀποκατηλλάγητε Holmes ] ἀποκατήλλαξεν WH Treg NIV RP
  19. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:23 πάσῃ WH Treg NIV ] + τῇ RP
  20. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:26 νῦν WH Treg NIV ] νυνὶ RP
  21. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:27 ὅ WH Treg NIV ] ὅς RP
  22. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1:28 Χριστῷ WH Treg NIV ] + Ἰησοῦ RP
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