Colossians 1
Contemporary English Version
1 From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Timothy, who is also a follower.
2 To God's people who live in Colossae and are faithful followers of Christ.
I pray that God our Father will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!
A Prayer of Thanks
3 Each time we pray for you, we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 We have heard of your faith in Christ and of your love for all God's people, 5 because what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You first heard about this hope when you believed the true message, which is the good news.
6 The good news is spreading all over the world with great success. It has spread in this same way among you, ever since the first day you learned the truth about God's wonderful kindness 7 (A) from our good friend Epaphras. He works together with us for Christ and is a faithful worker for you.[a] 8 He is also the one who told us about the love that God's Spirit has given you.
The Person and Work of Christ
9 We have not stopped praying for you since the first day we heard about you. In fact, we always pray that God will show you everything he wants you to do and that you may have all the wisdom and understanding his Spirit gives. 10 Then you will live a life that honors the Lord, and you will always please him by doing good deeds. You will come to know God even better. 11 His glorious power will make you patient and strong enough to endure anything, and you will be truly happy.
12 I pray that you will be grateful to God for letting you[b] have part in what he has promised his people in the kingdom of light. 13 God rescued us from the dark power of Satan and brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son, 14 (B) who forgives our sins and sets us free.
15 (C) Christ is exactly like God,
who cannot be seen.
He is the first-born Son,
superior to all creation.
16 Everything was created by him,
everything in heaven
and on earth,
everything seen and unseen,
including all forces
and powers,
and all rulers
and authorities.
All things were created
by God's Son,
and everything was made
for him.
17 God's Son was before all else,
and by him everything
is held together.
18 (D) He is the head of his body,
which is the church.
He is the very beginning,
the first to be raised
from death,
so that he would be
above all others.
19 God himself was pleased
to live fully in his Son.
20 (E) And God was pleased
for him to make peace
by sacrificing his blood
on the cross,
so that all beings in heaven
and on earth
would be brought back to God.
21 You used to be far from God. Your thoughts made you his enemies, and you did evil things. 22 But his Son became a human and died. So God made peace with you, and now he lets you stand in his presence as people who are holy and faultless and innocent. 23 But you must stay deeply rooted and firm in your faith. You must not give up the hope you received when you heard the good news. It was preached to everyone on earth, and I myself have become a servant of this message.
Paul's Service to the Church
24 I am glad I can suffer for you. I am pleased also that in my own body I can continue[c] the suffering of Christ for his body, the church. 25 God's plan was to make me a servant of his church and to send me to preach his complete message to you. 26 For ages and ages this message was kept secret from everyone, but now it has been explained to God's people. 27 God did this because he wanted you Gentiles to understand his wonderful and glorious mystery. And the mystery is that Christ lives in you, and he is your hope of sharing in God's glory.
28 We announce the message about Christ, and we use all our wisdom to warn and teach everyone, so all of Christ's followers will grow and become mature. 29 This is why I work so hard and use the mighty power he gives me.
ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 1
1881 Westcott-Hort New Testament
1 παυλος αποστολος χριστου ιησου δια θεληματος θεου και τιμοθεος ο αδελφος
2 τοις εν κολοσσαις αγιοις και πιστοις αδελφοις εν χριστω χαρις υμιν και ειρηνη απο θεου πατρος ημων
3 ευχαριστουμεν τω θεω πατρι του κυριου ημων ιησου [χριστου] παντοτε περι υμων προσευχομενοι
4 ακουσαντες την πιστιν υμων εν χριστω ιησου και την αγαπην [ην εχετε] εις παντας τους αγιους
5 δια την ελπιδα την αποκειμενην υμιν εν τοις ουρανοις ην προηκουσατε εν τω λογω της αληθειας του ευαγγελιου
6 του παροντος εις υμας καθως και εν παντι τω κοσμω εστιν καρποφορουμενον και αυξανομενον καθως και εν υμιν αφ ης ημερας ηκουσατε και επεγνωτε την χαριν του θεου εν αληθεια
7 καθως εμαθετε απο επαφρα του αγαπητου συνδουλου ημων ος εστιν πιστος υπερ ημων διακονος του χριστου
8 ο και δηλωσας ημιν την υμων αγαπην εν πνευματι
9 δια τουτο και ημεις αφ ης ημερας ηκουσαμεν ου παυομεθα υπερ υμων προσευχομενοι και αιτουμενοι ινα πληρωθητε την επιγνωσιν του θεληματος αυτου εν παση σοφια και συνεσει πνευματικη
10 περιπατησαι αξιως του κυριου εις πασαν αρεσκειαν εν παντι εργω αγαθω καρποφορουντες και αυξανομενοι τη επιγνωσει του θεου
11 εν παση δυναμει δυναμουμενοι κατα το κρατος της δοξης αυτου εις πασαν υπομονην και μακροθυμιαν μετα χαρας
12 ευχαριστουντες τω πατρι τω ικανωσαντι υμας εις την μεριδα του κληρου των αγιων εν τω φωτι
13 ος ερρυσατο ημας εκ της εξουσιας του σκοτους και μετεστησεν εις την βασιλειαν του υιου της αγαπης αυτου
14 εν ω εχομεν την απολυτρωσιν την αφεσιν των αμαρτιων
15 ος εστιν εικων του θεου του αορατου πρωτοτοκος πασης κτισεως
16 οτι εν αυτω εκτισθη τα παντα εν τοις ουρανοις και επι της γης τα ορατα και τα αορατα ειτε θρονοι ειτε κυριοτητες ειτε αρχαι ειτε εξουσιαι τα παντα δι αυτου και εις αυτον εκτισται
17 και αυτος εστιν προ παντων και τα παντα εν αυτω συνεστηκεν
18 και αυτος εστιν η κεφαλη του σωματος της εκκλησιας ος εστιν [η] αρχη πρωτοτοκος εκ των νεκρων ινα γενηται εν πασιν αυτος πρωτευων
19 οτι εν αυτω ευδοκησεν παν το πληρωμα κατοικησαι
20 και δι αυτου αποκαταλλαξαι τα παντα εις αυτον ειρηνοποιησας δια του αιματος του σταυρου αυτου [δι αυτου] ειτε τα επι της γης ειτε τα εν τοις ουρανοις
21 και υμας ποτε οντας απηλλοτριωμενους και εχθρους τη διανοια εν τοις εργοις τοις πονηροις νυνι δε αποκατηλλαξεν
22 εν τω σωματι της σαρκος αυτου δια του θανατου παραστησαι υμας αγιους και αμωμους και ανεγκλητους κατενωπιον αυτου
23 ει γε επιμενετε τη πιστει τεθεμελιωμενοι και εδραιοι και μη μετακινουμενοι απο της ελπιδος του ευαγγελιου ου ηκουσατε του κηρυχθεντος εν παση κτισει τη υπο τον ουρανον ου εγενομην εγω παυλος διακονος
24 νυν χαιρω εν τοις παθημασιν υπερ υμων και ανταναπληρω τα υστερηματα των θλιψεων του χριστου εν τη σαρκι μου υπερ του σωματος αυτου ο εστιν η εκκλησια
25 ης εγενομην εγω διακονος κατα την οικονομιαν του θεου την δοθεισαν μοι εις υμας πληρωσαι τον λογον του θεου
26 το μυστηριον το αποκεκρυμμενον απο των αιωνων και απο των γενεων νυν δε εφανερωθη τοις αγιοις αυτου
27 οις ηθελησεν ο θεος γνωρισαι τι το πλουτος της δοξης του μυστηριου τουτου εν τοις εθνεσιν ο εστιν χριστος εν υμιν η ελπις της δοξης
28 ον ημεις καταγγελλομεν νουθετουντες παντα ανθρωπον και διδασκοντες παντα ανθρωπον εν παση σοφια ινα παραστησωμεν παντα ανθρωπον τελειον εν χριστω
29 εις ο και κοπιω αγωνιζομενος κατα την ενεργειαν αυτου την ενεργουμενην εν εμοι εν δυναμει
Colossians 1
Evangelical Heritage Version
Greeting
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 To the holy and faithful brothers[a] in Christ at Colossae:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father.[b]
Paul’s Prayer for the Colossians
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints 5 because of the hope that is stored up for you in heaven. You have already heard about this in the word of truth, the gospel 6 that is present with you now. The gospel is bearing fruit and growing in the entire world, just as it also has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth. 7 You learned this from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your[c] behalf. 8 He is the one who told us about your love in the Spirit.[d]
9 For this reason, from the day we heard about your love, we also have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking that you would be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, 10 so that you might live in a way that is worthy of the Lord. Our goal is that you please him by bearing fruit in every kind of good work and by growing in the knowledge of God, 11 as you are being strengthened with all power because of his glorious might working in you. Then you will have complete endurance and patience, joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who qualified us[e] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
What the Father Did Through Christ
13 The Father rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption,[f] the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, 16 for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and unseen, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and all things hold together in him.
18 He is also the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things he might have the highest rank. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself (whether things on earth or in heaven) by making peace through the blood of his cross.
Reconciled Through Christ’s Death
21 At one time, you were alienated from God and hostile in your thinking as expressed through your evil deeds. 22 But now Christ reconciled you in his body of flesh through death, in order to present you holy, blameless, and faultless before him— 23 if you continue steadfast and firm in faith, without being moved away from the hope of the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a minister.
Paul’s Service in Preaching the Gospel
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church. 25 I became a minister of the church for your benefit when God gave me the task of fully proclaiming the word of God, 26 namely, the mystery that was hidden for past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to his saints. 27 God wanted to make known to them what is the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles—this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
28 We proclaim him as we admonish and teach everyone with all wisdom, so that we might present everyone perfect in Christ. 29 This is the goal I am laboring to reach, striving with his strength, which is powerfully at work in me.
Footnotes
- Colossians 1:2 When context indicates it, the Greek word for brothers may refer to all fellow believers, male and female.
- Colossians 1:2 Some witnesses to the text add and our Lord Jesus Christ. (“Witnesses to the text” mentioned in footnotes may include Greek manuscripts, lectionaries, translations, and quotations in the church fathers.)
- Colossians 1:7 Some witnesses to the text read our.
- Colossians 1:8 Or about the love the Spirit worked in you
- Colossians 1:12 Some witnesses to the text read you.
- Colossians 1:14 A few witnesses to the text add through his blood.
Cô-lô-se 1
Bản Dịch 2011
Lời Mở Ðầu
1 Phao-lô, một sứ đồ của Ðức Chúa Jesus Christ do ý muốn của Ðức Chúa Trời, và Ti-mô-thê anh em chúng ta, 2 kính gởi các thánh đồ và anh chị em[a] trung tín trong Ðấng Christ tại Cô-lô-se. Nguyện xin ân sủng và bình an từ Ðức Chúa Trời, Cha chúng ta, đến cùng anh chị em.
Cảm Tạ và Cầu Nguyện
3 Chúng tôi luôn tạ ơn Ðức Chúa Trời, Cha của Ðức Chúa Jesus Christ, Chúa chúng ta, mỗi khi cầu nguyện cho anh chị em, 4 vì chúng tôi đã nghe về đức tin của anh chị em trong Ðức Chúa Jesus Christ và tình yêu của anh chị em dành cho tất cả các thánh đồ, 5 phát xuất từ niềm hy vọng đã dành sẵn cho anh chị em trên thiên đàng. Ðó là niềm hy vọng mà trước đây anh chị em đã nghe trong sứ điệp về chân lý của Tin Mừng 6 đã được truyền đến anh chị em. Tin Mừng này đã lan truyền khắp thế gian và kết quả giống như đã kết quả giữa anh chị em từ ngày anh chị em nghe và hiểu lẽ thật về ân sủng của Ðức Chúa Trời.
7 Ðiều nầy anh chị em đã học nơi Ê-pháp-ra, người bạn đồng lao thân mến của chúng tôi, một người phục vụ Ðấng Christ trung tín thay cho anh chị em. 8 Anh ấy cũng đã nói cho chúng tôi biết về tình yêu của anh chị em trong Ðức Thánh Linh.
9 Vì lý do đó, từ ngày chúng tôi nghe thế, chúng tôi không ngừng cầu nguyện cho anh chị em, và xin Ðức Chúa Trời cho anh chị em được đầy dẫy kiến thức về thánh ý Ngài với tất cả sự khôn ngoan và thông hiểu thuộc linh, 10 để anh chị em có thể sống xứng đáng cho Chúa, đẹp lòng Ngài trong mọi sự, kết quả bằng những việc phúc thiện, tăng trưởng trong sự hiểu biết Ðức Chúa Trời, 11 được mạnh mẽ với tất cả sức mạnh đến từ quyền năng vinh hiển của Ðức Chúa Trời, để có thể kiên trì và chịu đựng mọi sự một cách vui vẻ, 12 và dâng sự cảm tạ lên Ðức Chúa Cha, Ðấng đã cho anh chị em đủ điều kiện hưởng phần cơ nghiệp với các thánh đồ trong ánh sáng, 13 Ðấng đã giải cứu chúng ta khỏi quyền lực tối tăm và đem chúng ta vào vương quốc của Con yêu dấu Ngài, 14 trong Con ấy chúng ta được cứu chuộc, tức được tha tội.
Quyền Tối Thượng của Ðức Chúa Con
15 Ðức Chúa Con[b] là hình ảnh của Ðức Chúa Trời vô hình và con đầu tiên của mọi loài thọ tạo. 16 Vì nhờ Ngài, mọi vật trên trời và dưới đất đã được dựng nên, tức những vật thấy được và những vật không thấy được, bất kể ngôi vua hoặc tước chúa hoặc lãnh tụ hoặc các bậc cầm quyền, tất cả đều do Ngài tạo dựng và được tạo dựng cho Ngài. 17 Chính Ngài là Ðấng có trước muôn vật, và muôn vật tồn tại trong Ngài. 18 Ngài là đầu của thân thể, tức là hội thánh. Ngài là nguyên thủy, là con đầu tiên từ cõi chết, để trong mọi sự Ngài là Ðấng đứng đầu. 19 Vì Ðức Chúa Trời đã vui lòng để trọn bản thể Ngài ngự trong Ðức Chúa Con,[c] 20 và qua Ðức Chúa Con,[d] Ðức Chúa Trời đã làm cho mọi vật được giải hòa với chính Ngài; qua huyết của Ðức Chúa Con[e] đổ ra trên thập tự giá, Ngài đã tái lập hòa bình với mọi vật, bất kể những vật dưới đất hay những vật trên trời.
21 Anh chị em đã từng xa cách Ðức Chúa Trời, tư tưởng chống nghịch Ngài, và làm những chuyện xấu xa tội lỗi; 22 nhưng bây giờ Ngài đã cho anh chị em được hòa giải, nhờ cái chết trong thân xác loài người của Con Ngài, để anh chị em được trình diện trước mặt Ngài một cách thánh khiết, vẹn toàn, và không chỗ trách được– 23 miễn là anh chị em tiếp tục kiên trì và đứng vững trong đức tin, và không lìa bỏ hy vọng của Tin Mừng anh chị em đã nghe; đó là Tin Mừng đã được rao giảng cho mọi loài thọ tạo dưới trời, và tôi, Phao-lô, đã trở thành một người phục vụ.
Phao-lô Vất Vả Phục Vụ Chúa
24 Bây giờ tôi rất vui chịu khổ vì anh chị em. Tôi gánh lấy trên thân thể tôi những gì còn sót lại trong sự đau đớn của Ðấng Christ vì cớ thân thể Ngài, tức là hội thánh. 25 Tôi đã trở thành người phục vụ của hội thánh bởi sự ủy nhiệm của Ðức Chúa Trời, để đem lời Ðức Chúa Trời đến anh chị em một cách thật đầy đủ; 26 đó là huyền nhiệm đã được giữ kín qua bao thời đại và bao thế hệ, nhưng bây giờ đã được bày tỏ cho các thánh đồ của Ngài. 27 Ðức Chúa Trời muốn dùng họ để bày tỏ cho các dân ngoại sự phong phú rạng ngời của huyền nhiệm ấy, đó là Ðấng Christ ngự trong anh chị em, hy vọng của vinh hiển.
28 Chúng tôi rao giảng về Ngài, khuyến cáo mọi người, và dạy dỗ mọi người bằng tất cả sự khôn ngoan, để chúng tôi có thể trình diện mỗi người cách vẹn toàn trong Ðấng Christ. 29 Vì mục đích ấy mà tôi lao tâm lao lực và chiến đấu với tất cả năng lực của Ngài, là năng lực đang hành động mạnh mẽ trong tôi.
Footnotes
- Cô-lô-se 1:2 nt: anh em (tương tự cho cả sách)
- Cô-lô-se 1:15 nt: Ngài
- Cô-lô-se 1:19 nt: Ngài
- Cô-lô-se 1:20 nt: Ngài
- Cô-lô-se 1:20 nt: Ngài
Colossians 1
New International Version
1 Paul, an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) and Timothy(C) our brother,
2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters[a] in Christ:
Grace(D) and peace to you from God our Father.[b](E)
Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 We always thank God,(F) the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love(G) you have for all God’s people(H)— 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope(I) stored up for you in heaven(J) and about which you have already heard in the true message(K) of the gospel 6 that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit(L) and growing throughout the whole world(M)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 7 You learned it from Epaphras,(N) our dear fellow servant,[c] who is a faithful minister(O) of Christ on our[d] behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.(P)
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you,(Q) we have not stopped praying for you.(R) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will(S) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[e](T) 10 so that you may live a life worthy(U) of the Lord and please him(V) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(W) 11 being strengthened with all power(X) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,(Y) 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father,(Z) who has qualified you[f] to share in the inheritance(AA) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.(AB) 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(AC) and brought us into the kingdom(AD) of the Son he loves,(AE) 14 in whom we have redemption,(AF) the forgiveness of sins.(AG)
The Supremacy of the Son of God
15 The Son is the image(AH) of the invisible God,(AI) the firstborn(AJ) over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created:(AK) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;(AL) all things have been created through him and for him.(AM) 17 He is before all things,(AN) and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head(AO) of the body, the church;(AP) he is the beginning and the firstborn(AQ) from among the dead,(AR) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased(AS) to have all his fullness(AT) dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile(AU) to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,(AV) by making peace(AW) through his blood,(AX) shed on the cross.
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies(AY) in your minds(AZ) because of[g] your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled(BA) you by Christ’s physical body(BB) through death to present you(BC) holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation(BD)— 23 if you continue(BE) in your faith, established(BF) and firm, and do not move from the hope(BG) held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,(BH) and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.(BI)
Paul’s Labor for the Church
24 Now I rejoice(BJ) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,(BK) for the sake of his body, which is the church.(BL) 25 I have become its servant(BM) by the commission God gave me(BN) to present to you the word of God(BO) in its fullness— 26 the mystery(BP) that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known(BQ) among the Gentiles the glorious riches(BR) of this mystery, which is Christ in you,(BS) the hope of glory.
28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing(BT) and teaching everyone with all wisdom,(BU) so that we may present everyone fully mature(BV) in Christ. 29 To this end I strenuously(BW) contend(BX) with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.(BY)
Footnotes
- Colossians 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 4:15.
- Colossians 1:2 Some manuscripts Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
- Colossians 1:7 Or slave
- Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your
- Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
- Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
- Colossians 1:21 Or minds, as shown by
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