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To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.[a]

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  1. 1.2 Other ancient authorities add and the Lord Jesus Christ

To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters[a] in Christ:

Grace(A) and peace to you from God our Father.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Colossians 1:2 Some manuscripts Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

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Grace and peace be yours in abundance(A) through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.(B)

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Salutation

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,

To the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful[a] in Christ Jesus:

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  1. 1.1 Other ancient authorities lack in Ephesus, reading saints who are also faithful

Paul, an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B)

To God’s holy people(C) in Ephesus,[a](D) the faithful(E) in Christ Jesus:

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  1. Ephesians 1:1 Some early manuscripts do not have in Ephesus.

To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)

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To all in Rome who are loved by God(A) and called to be his holy people:(B)

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.(C)

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To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord[a] and ours:(A)

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  1. 1.2 Gk theirs

To the church of God(A) in Corinth,(B) to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called(C) to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name(D) of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

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John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,(A)

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Greetings and Doxology

John,

To the seven churches(A) in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you(B) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(C) and from the seven spirits[a](D) before his throne,

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  1. Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

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

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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,(A)

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who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:

May grace and peace be yours in abundance.(A)

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who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge(A) of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,(B) to be obedient(C) to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:(D)

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.(E)

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Personal Matters and Benediction

21 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus will tell you everything. He is a dear brother and a faithful minister in the Lord.(A)

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Final Greetings

21 Tychicus,(A) the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing.

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As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble ones
    in whom is all my delight.(A)

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I say of the holy people(A) who are in the land,(B)
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

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May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance.

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Mercy, peace(A) and love be yours in abundance.(B)

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For this reason, those who believe are blessed with Abraham who believed.

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So those who rely on faith(A) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(B)

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17 For this reason I sent[a] you Timothy, who is my beloved and trustworthy child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

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  1. 4.17 Or am sending

17 For this reason I have sent to you(A) Timothy,(B) my son(C) whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.(D)

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