Colossians 1:3-14

Revised Geneva Translation

³ We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love toward all saints,

⁵ because of the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven; of which you have heard before by the Word of Truth, which is the Gospel.

⁶ It has come to you even as it has to all the world and is fruitful, as it was also among you from the day that you heard and truly knew the grace of God;

⁷ as you also learned from Epaphras (our dear fellow servant), who is for you a faithful minister of Christ.

⁸ He has also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

⁹ For this reason, we also (since the day we heard of it) do not cease to pray for you and to desire that you might be fulfilled with knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹⁰ so that you might walk worthily of the Lord and please Him in all things, being fruitful in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹¹ strengthened with all might through His glorious power, leading to all patience and endurance with joy;

¹² giving thanks to the Father Who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

¹³ Who has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son

¹⁴ (in Whom we have redemption through His blood; that is, the forgiveness of sins).