Colossesi 1
La Nuova Diodati
1 Paolo, apostolo di Gesú Cristo per volontà di Dio, e il fratello Timoteo,
2 ai santi e fedeli fratelli in Cristo che sono in Colosse: grazia e pace a voi da Dio nostro Padre e dal Signore Gesú Cristo.
3 Noi rendiamo grazie a Dio e Padre del Signor nostro Gesú Cristo, pregando continuamente per voi,
4 perché abbiamo sentito parlare della vostra fede in Cristo Gesú e del vostro amore verso tutti i santi,
5 a motivo della speranza che è riposta per voi nei cieli, di cui avete già sentito nella parola della verità dell'evangelo,
6 che è giunto a voi, come pure in tutto il mondo e porta frutto e cresce, come avviene anche tra di voi, dal giorno in cui udiste e conosceste la grazia di Dio in verità,
7 come avete imparato da Epafra, nostro caro compagno, il quale è un fedele ministro di Cristo per voi,
8 e che ci ha anche dichiarato il vostro amore nello Spirito.
9 Perciò anche noi, dal giorno in cui abbiamo sentito questo, non cessiamo di pregare per voi e di chiedere che siate ripieni della conoscenza della sua volontà, in ogni sapienza ed intelligenza spirituale,
10 perché camminiate in modo degno del Signore, per piacergli in ogni cosa, portando frutto in ogni opera buona e crescendo nella conoscenza di Dio,
11 fortificati con ogni forza, secondo la sua gloriosa potenza, per ogni perseveranza e pazienza, con gioia,
12 rendendo grazie a Dio e Padre, che ci ha fatti degni di partecipare alla sorte dei santi nella luce.
13 Poiché egli ci ha riscossi dalla potestà delle tenebre e ci ha trasportati nel regno del suo amato Figlio
14 in cui abbiamo la redenzione per mezzo del suo sangue e il perdono dei peccati.
15 Egli è l'immagine dell'invisibile Dio, il primogenito di ogni creatura,
16 poiché in lui sono state create tutte le cose, quelle che sono nei cieli e quelle che sono sulla terra, le cose visibili e quelle invisibili: troni, signorie, principati e potestà; tutte le cose sono state create per mezzo di lui e in vista di lui,
17 Egli è prima di ogni cosa e tutte le cose sussistono in lui.
18 Egli stesso è il capo del corpo, cioè della chiesa; egli è il principio, il primogenito dai morti, affinché abbia il primato in ogni cosa,
19 perchè è piaciuto al Padre di far abitare in lui tutta la pienezza,
20 e, avendo fatta la pace per mezzo del sangue della sua croce, di riconciliare a sè, per mezzo di lui, tutte le cose, tanto quelle che sono sulla terra come quelle che sono nei cieli.
21 E voi stessi, che un tempo eravate estranei e nemici nella mente con le vostre opere malvagie,
22 ora vi ha riconciliati nel corpo della sua carne, mediante la morte, per farvi comparire davanti a sé santi, irreprensibili e senza colpa,
23 se pure perseverate nella fede, essendo fondati e fermi senza essere smossi dalla speranza dell'evangelo che voi avete udito e che è stato predicato ad ogni creatura che è sotto il cielo e di cui io Paolo, sono divenuto ministro.
24 Ora mi rallegro nelle mie sofferenze per voi, e a mia volta compio nella mia carne ciò che manca ancora alle afflizioni di Cristo per il suo corpo, che è la chiesa,
25 di cui sono stato fatto ministro, secondo l'incarico che Dio mi ha affidato per voi, per presentare compiutamente la parola di Dio,
26 il mistero che fu tenuto nascosto per le passate età e generazioni, ma che ora è stato manifestato ai suoi santi,
27 ai quali Dio ha voluto far conoscere quali siano le ricchezze della gloria di questo mistero fra i gentili, che è Cristo in voi, speranza di gloria,
28 che noi annunziamo, ammonendo e ammaestrando ogni uomo in ogni sapienza, per presentare ogni uomo perfetto in Cristo Gesú;
29 e per questo mi affatico combattendo con la sua forza che opera in me con potenza.
Colossians 1
New King James Version
Greeting
1 Paul, (A)an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 To the saints (B)and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:
(C)Grace to you and peace from God our Father [a]and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Their Faith in Christ
3 (D)We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 (E)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of (F)your love for all the saints; 5 because of the hope (G)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, 6 which has come to you, (H)as it has also in all the world, and (I)is bringing forth [b]fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew (J)the grace of God in truth; 7 as you also learned from (K)Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is (L)a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8 who also declared to us your (M)love in the Spirit.
Preeminence of Christ
9 (N)For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask (O)that you may be filled with (P)the knowledge of His will (Q)in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 (R)that you may walk worthy of the Lord, (S)fully pleasing Him, (T)being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the (U)knowledge of God; 11 (V)strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, (W)for all patience and longsuffering (X)with joy; 12 (Y)giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of (Z)the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from (AA)the power of darkness (AB)and [c]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 (AC)in whom we have redemption [d]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is (AD)the image of the invisible God, (AE)the firstborn over all creation. 16 For (AF)by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or (AG)dominions or [e]principalities or [f]powers. All things were created (AH)through Him and for Him. 17 (AI)And He is before all things, and in Him (AJ)all things consist. 18 And (AK)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, (AL)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Reconciled in Christ
19 For it pleased the Father that (AM)in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and (AN)by Him to reconcile (AO)all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, (AP)having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, (AQ)who once were alienated and enemies in your mind (AR)by wicked works, yet now He has (AS)reconciled 22 (AT)in the body of His flesh through death, (AU)to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— 23 if indeed you continue (AV)in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are (AW)not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, (AX)which was preached to every creature under heaven, (AY)of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Sacrificial Service for Christ
24 (AZ)I now rejoice in my sufferings (BA)for you, and fill up in my flesh (BB)what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for (BC)the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to (BD)the [g]stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 (BE)the [h]mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, (BF)but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 (BG)To them God willed to make known what are (BH)the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: [i]which is (BI)Christ in you, (BJ)the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, (BK)warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, (BL)that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me (BM)mightily.
Footnotes
- Colossians 1:2 NU omits and the Lord Jesus Christ
- Colossians 1:6 NU, M add and growing
- Colossians 1:13 transferred
- Colossians 1:14 NU, M omit through His blood
- Colossians 1:16 rulers
- Colossians 1:16 authorities
- Colossians 1:25 dispensation or administration
- Colossians 1:26 secret or hidden truth
- Colossians 1:27 M who
Colossians 1
King James Version
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
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