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奉神旨意做基督耶稣使徒的保罗,和兄弟提摩太 写信给歌罗西的圣徒,在基督里有忠心的弟兄。愿恩惠、平安从神我们的父归于你们!

为门徒的信与爱与望感谢神

我们感谢神我们主耶稣基督的父,常常为你们祷告, 因听见你们在基督耶稣里的信心并向众圣徒的爱心—— 是为那给你们存在天上的盼望。这盼望就是你们从前在福音真理的道上所听见的。 这福音传到你们那里,也传到普天之下,并且结果、增长,如同在你们中间,自从你们听见福音真知道神恩惠的日子一样。 正如你们从我们所亲爱、一同做仆人的以巴弗所学的。他为我们[a]做了基督忠心的执事, 也把你们因圣灵所存的爱心告诉了我们。

为门徒加增智慧力量忍耐祷告神

因此,我们自从听见的日子,也就为你们不住地祷告祈求,愿你们在一切属灵的智慧悟性上,满心知道神的旨意, 10 好叫你们行事为人对得起主,凡事蒙他喜悦,在一切善事上结果子,渐渐地多知道神; 11 照他荣耀的权能,得以在各样的力上加力,好叫你们凡事欢欢喜喜地忍耐宽容。 12 又感谢父,叫我们能与众圣徒在光明中同得基业。 13 他救了我们脱离黑暗的权势,把我们迁到他爱子的国里; 14 我们在爱子里得蒙救赎,罪过得以赦免。

爱子是不能看见之神的像

15 爱子是那不能看见之神的像,是首生的,在一切被造的以先。 16 因为万有都是靠他造的,无论是天上的、地上的,能看见的、不能看见的,或是有位的、主治的、执政的、掌权的,一概都是借着他造的,又是为他造的。 17 他在万有之先,万有也靠他而立。 18 他也是教会全体之首。他是元始,是从死里首先复生的,使他可以在凡事上居首位, 19 因为父喜欢叫一切的丰盛在他里面居住。 20 既然借着他在十字架上所流的血成就了和平,便借着他叫万有,无论是地上的、天上的,都与自己和好了。 21 你们从前与神隔绝,因着恶行,心里与他为敌; 22 但如今他借着基督的肉身受死,叫你们与自己和好,都成了圣洁,没有瑕疵,无可责备,把你们引到自己面前。

应当稳固不离开福音的盼望

23 只要你们在所信的道上恒心,根基稳固,坚定不移,不致被引动失去[b]福音的盼望。这福音就是你们所听过的,也是传于普天下万人听的[c]。我保罗也做了这福音的执事。

24 现在我为你们受苦,倒觉欢乐,并且为基督的身体,就是为教会,要在我肉身上补满基督患难的缺欠。 25 我照神为你们所赐我的职分做了教会的执事,要把神的道理传得全备。 26 这道理就是历世历代所隐藏的奥秘,但如今向他的圣徒显明了。 27 神愿意叫他们知道,这奥秘在外邦人中有何等丰盛的荣耀,就是基督在你们心里成了有荣耀的盼望。

使各人在基督里完全

28 我们传扬他,是用诸般的智慧劝诫各人,教导各人,要把各人在基督里完完全全地引到神面前。 29 我也为此劳苦,照着他在我里面运用的大能尽心竭力。

Footnotes

  1. 歌罗西书 1:7 有古卷作:你们。
  2. 歌罗西书 1:23 原文作:离开。
  3. 歌罗西书 1:23 “万人”原文作“凡受造的”。

Greeting

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ in Colossae. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Thanksgiving for the Colossian Believers

We give thanks always to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we[a] pray for you, since we[b] heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, which you have heard about beforehand in the word of truth, the gospel, that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day you heard about and understood the grace of God in truth, just as you learned it[c] from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,[d] who also made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

Prayer for Maturity Based on Christ’s Preeminence

Because of this also we, from the day we heard about it,[e] did not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight, 10 so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects[f], bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God, 11 enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy, 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light, 13 who has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us[g] to the kingdom of the Son he loves[h], 14 in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins, 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all[i] creation, 16 because all things in the heavens and on the earth were created by him, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all things were created through him and for him, 17 and he himself is before all things, and in him all things are held together, 18 and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything, 19 because he was well pleased for all the fullness to dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by[j] making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

21 And although you were formerly alienated[k][l] and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds, 22 but now you have been reconciled[m] by his physical body[n] through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Paul’s Suffering and Stewardship

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister, according to God’s stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God, 26 the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints, 27 to whom God wanted to make known what is the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, 28 whom we proclaim, by[o] admonishing every person[p] and teaching every person[q] with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person[r] mature in Christ, 29 for which purpose also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“pray”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Colossians 1:4 Here “since” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard about”) which is understood as causal
  3. Colossians 1:7 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts have “on your behalf”
  5. Colossians 1:9 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Colossians 1:10 Literally “to all pleasing”
  7. Colossians 1:13 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Colossians 1:13 Literally “of his love”
  9. Colossians 1:15 Translated as a genitive of subordination (Wallace, GGBB, 104)
  10. Colossians 1:20 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“making peace”) which is understood as means
  11. Colossians 1:21 Literally “and you formerly being alienated”
  12. Colossians 1:21 Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive
  13. Colossians 1:22 Some manuscripts have “he has reconciled you
  14. Colossians 1:22 Literally “the body of his flesh”
  15. Colossians 1:28 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“admonishing”) which is understood as means
  16. Colossians 1:28 Literally “man,” used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender
  17. Colossians 1:28 Literally “man,” used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender
  18. Colossians 1:28 Literally “man,” used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender