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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

  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
  3. Colossians 1:7 Or slave
  4. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your
  5. Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
  6. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
  7. Colossians 1:21 Or minds, as shown by
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1 Pavel, apostol al lui Cristos Isus, prin voia lui Dumnezeu, şi fratele Timotei, 2 către sfinţii care sunt în Colose, fraţi credincioşi[a] în Cristos: har şi pace de la Dumnezeu, Tatăl nostru[b]!

Mulţumirea şi rugăciunea lui Pavel pentru biserică

3 Îi mulţumim întotdeauna lui Dumnezeu, Tatăl Domnului nostru Isus Cristos, când ne rugăm pentru voi, 4 fiindcă am auzit despre credinţa voastră în Cristos Isus şi despre dragostea pe care o aveţi pentru toţi sfinţii, 5 datorită nădejdii care există pentru voi în ceruri, nădejde despre care voi aţi auzit mai înainte, prin Cuvântul adevărului – Evanghelia[c], 6 care a ajuns până la voi. Ea creşte în toată lumea şi aduce roade; la fel se întâmplă şi între voi din ziua în care aţi auzit şi aţi cunoscut cu adevărat harul lui Dumnezeu, 7 aşa cum aţi învăţat de la Epafras, preaiubitul nostru slujitor împreună cu noi şi slujitor credincios al lui Cristos pentru noi[d]. 8 El ne-a făcut cunoscută dragostea voastră în Duhul.

9 De aceea şi noi, din ziua în care am auzit, nu încetăm să ne rugăm pentru voi şi să cerem să fiţi umpluţi de cunoaşterea voii Lui, cu toată înţelepciunea şi priceperea duhovnicească, 10 pentru a trăi într-un mod vrednic de Domnul, ca să-I fiţi plăcuţi în toate, rodind tot felul de fapte bune şi crescând în cunoaşterea lui Dumnezeu, 11 fiind întăriţi cu toată puterea, potrivit cu tăria Lui slăvită, ca să fiţi pregătiţi să înduraţi totul cu răbdare, 12 mulţumindu-I cu bucurie Tatălui, Care ne-a[e] îndreptăţit să avem parte de moştenirea sfinţilor în Împărăţia[f] luminii. 13 El ne-a scăpat de sub autoritatea întunericului şi ne-a adus în Împărăţia Fiului Său iubit, 14 în Care avem răscumpărarea[g], iertarea păcatelor.

Supremaţia lui Cristos

15 El este chipul Dumnezeului nevăzut,
    întâiul născut[h] peste întreaga creaţie,
16 pentru că prin El au fost create toate lucrurile,
    în cer şi pe pământ,
cele vizibile şi cele invizibile,
    fie tronuri, fie domnii,
fie conducători, fie autorităţi.
    Toate au fost create prin El şi pentru El.
17 El este înainte de toate lucrurile
    şi în El se ţin toate împreună.
18 El este capul trupului, al Bisericii.
    El este începutul,
întâiul născut dintre cei morţi,
    pentru ca El să aibă primul loc în toate lucrurile.
19 Căci Dumnezeu a vrut ca toată plinătatea Sa să locuiască în El.
20 Prin El, Dumnezeu a împăcat toate lucrurile cu Sine,
    fie cele de pe pământ,
fie cele din cer,
    făcând pace prin sângele crucii Lui.

21 Odată, voi eraţi străini şi duşmani în gândurile voastre, aşa cum arătau faptele[i] voastre rele, 22 însă acum El v-a împăcat în trupul de carne al lui Cristos, prin moarte, pentru a vă înfăţişa sfinţi, curaţi şi fără păcat înaintea Lui, 23 dacă rămâneţi cu adevărat bine întemeiaţi şi fermi în credinţă, fără să vă abateţi de la nădejdea Evangheliei pe care aţi auzit-o, care a fost vestită tuturor oamenilor de pe pământ şi al cărei slujitor am devenit eu, Pavel.

Slujba lui Pavel pentru Biserică

24 Acum mă bucur în suferinţe pentru voi şi împlinesc în trupul meu ceea ce lipseşte suferinţelor lui Cristos pentru trupul Său, care este Biserica. 25 Am devenit slujitorul ei, prin responsabilitatea pe care Dumnezeu mi-a dat-o mie pentru voi, aceea de a face pe deplin cunoscut Cuvântul lui Dumnezeu, 26 taina[j] care a fost ascunsă de veacuri şi de generaţii, dar care acum a fost descoperită sfinţilor Lui, 27 cărora Dumnezeu a vrut să le facă cunoscute, între neamuri, bogăţiile glorioase ale acestei taine, şi anume: Cristos în voi, nădejdea gloriei. 28 El este Cel pe Care noi Îl vestim sfătuind şi învăţând pe orice om, cu toată înţelepciunea, pentru a putea înfăţişa pe orice om desăvârşit în Cristos. 29 Pentru aceasta mă ostenesc, luptându-mă prin puterea Lui, care lucrează cu tărie în mine.

Footnotes

  1. Coloseni 1:2 Poate avea atât sensul de a fi credincios, cât şi sensul de a crede
  2. Coloseni 1:2 Unele mss conţin: şi de la Domnul Isus Cristos
  3. Coloseni 1:5 Sau: Vestea Bună
  4. Coloseni 1:7 Unele mss conţin: voi
  5. Coloseni 1:12 Unele mss conţin: v-a
  6. Coloseni 1:12 Împărăţia (lui Dumnezeu) reprezintă domnia lui Dumnezeu, fiind în acelaşi timp o realitate prezentă şi o nădejde în viitor; şi în v. 13
  7. Coloseni 1:14 Unele mss conţin şi: prin sângele Său
  8. Coloseni 1:15 Gr.: prototokos. Termenul înseamnă fie întâiul în ordine cronologică, putând fi tradus întâiul născut, fie întâiul în rang, acelaşi termen grecesc fiind folosit în LXX, Ps. 88:28 (89:27 în versiunea aceasta, precum şi în altele) cu acest sens: Îl voi face întâiul Meu născut, cel mai mare dintre regii pământului. Modul în care este folosit termenul în acest psalm mesianic indică mai degrabă prioritatea în rang, nu doar prioritatea în timp. Aşadar, în unele contexte sensul primar al termenului tokos (a da naştere la) s-a pierdut. Aici accentul este pe prioritatea în rang pe care Isus o are peste întreaga creaţie (vezi v. 16); şi în v. 18
  9. Coloseni 1:21 Sau: voastre, datorită faptelor
  10. Coloseni 1:26 În NT, prin taină se înţelege ceva ce înainte nu fusese cunoscut, dar care acum este descoperit de Dumnezeu poporului Său; taina este descoperită tuturor, însă numai cei ce au credinţă o înţeleg; contrar religiilor misterelor, foarte răspândite în acea vreme în lumea greco-romană, care susţineau că tainele erau cunoscute numai de cei iniţiaţi; peste tot în carte
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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

  1. Colossians 1:2 NU omits and the Lord Jesus Christ
  2. Colossians 1:6 NU, M add and growing
  3. Colossians 1:13 transferred
  4. Colossians 1:14 NU, M omit through His blood
  5. Colossians 1:16 rulers
  6. Colossians 1:16 authorities
  7. Colossians 1:25 dispensation or administration
  8. Colossians 1:26 secret or hidden truth
  9. Colossians 1:27 M who
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Greeting

1 Paul, (A)an apostle of Christ Jesus (B)by the will of God, and Timothy (C)our brother,

2 To the (D)saints and faithful brothers[a] in Christ at Colossae:

(E)Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 (F)We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of (G)your faith in Christ Jesus and of (H)the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of (I)the hope (J)laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in (K)the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed (L)in the whole world it is (M)bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you (N)heard it and understood (O)the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from (P)Epaphras our beloved (Q)fellow servant.[b] He is (R)a faithful minister of Christ on your[c] behalf 8 and has made known to us your (S)love in the Spirit.

9 And so, (T)from the day we heard, (U)we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that (V)you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all (W)spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as (X)to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, (Y)fully pleasing to him: (Z)bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 (AA)being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for (AB)all endurance and patience (AC)with joy; 12 (AD)giving thanks[d] to the Father, who has qualified you[e] to share in (AE)the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He (AF)has delivered us from (AG)the domain of darkness and transferred us to (AH)the kingdom of (AI)his beloved Son, 14 (AJ)in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Preeminence of Christ

15 (AK)He is the image of (AL)the invisible God, (AM)the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by[f] him all things were created, (AN)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether (AO)thrones or (AP)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created (AQ)through him and for him. 17 And (AR)he is before all things, and in him all things (AS)hold together. 18 And (AT)he is the head of the body, the church. He is (AU)the beginning, (AV)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For (AW)in him all the (AX)fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and (AY)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, (AZ)making peace (BA)by the blood of his cross.

21 (BB)And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, (BC)doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled (BD)in his body of flesh by his death, (BE)in order to present you holy and blameless and (BF)above reproach before him, 23 (BG)if indeed you continue in the faith, (BH)stable and steadfast, not shifting from (BI)the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed (BJ)in all creation[g] under heaven, (BK)and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Paul's Ministry to the Church

24 Now (BL)I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh (BM)I am filling up (BN)what is lacking in Christ's afflictions (BO)for the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25 (BP)of which I became a minister according to (BQ)the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 (BR)the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27 (BS)To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are (BT)the riches of the glory of (BU)this mystery, which is Christ in you, (BV)the hope of glory. 28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that (BW)we may present everyone (BX)mature in Christ. 29 For this (BY)I toil, (BZ)struggling (CA)with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:2 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
  2. Colossians 1:7 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word sundoulos, see Preface
  3. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts our
  4. Colossians 1:12 Or patience, with joy giving thanks
  5. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
  6. Colossians 1:16 That is, by means of; or in
  7. Colossians 1:23 Or to every creature
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