To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—

the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel

You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Final Greetings

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.

He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.