1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother,2 To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.3 We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,5 Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;7 As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,8 And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.9 For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,10 Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;11 Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;12 Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being.18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.19 For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;20 Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.21 And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one22 In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,26 The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:28 Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

1 Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater : 2 eis, qui sunt Colossis, sanctis, et fidelibus fratribus in Christo Jesu. 3 Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo.Gratias agimus Deo, et Patri Domini nostri Jesu Christi semper pro vobis orantes : 4 audientes fidem vestram in Christo Jesu, et dilectionem quam habetis in sanctos omnes 5 propter spem, qu reposita est vobis in clis : quam audistis in verbo veritatis Evangelii : 6 quod pervenit ad vos, sicut et in universo mundo est, et fructificat, et crescit sicut in vobis, ex ea die, qua audistis, et cognovistis gratiam Dei in veritate, 7 sicut didicistis ab Epaphra carissimo conservo nostro, qui est fidelis pro vobis minister Christi Jesu, 8 qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in spiritu. 9 Ideo et nos ex qua die audivimus, non cessamus pro vobis orantes, et postulantes ut impleamini agnitione voluntatis ejus, in omni sapientia et intellectu spiritali : 10 ut ambuletis digne Deo per omnia placentes : in omni opere bono fructificantes, et crescentes in scientia Dei : 11 in omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatis ejus, in omni patientia et longanimitate cum gaudio, 12 gratias agentes Deo Patri, qui dignos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctorum in lumine : 13 qui eripuit nos de potestate tenebrarum, et transtulit in regnum filii dilectionis su, 14 in quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem ejus, remissionem peccatorum : 15 qui est imago Dei invisibilis, primogenitus omnis creatur : 16 quoniam in ipso condita sunt universa in clis, et in terra, visibilia, et invisibilia, sive throni, sive dominationes, sive principatus, sive potestates : omnia per ipsum et in ipso creata sunt : 17 et ipse est ante omnes, et omnia in ipso constant.18 Et ipse est caput corporis Ecclesi, qui est principium, primogenitus ex mortuis : ut sit in omnibus ipse primatum tenens : 19 quia in ipso complacuit, omnem plenitudinem inhabitare : 20 et per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum, pacificans per sanguinem crucis ejus, sive qu in terris, sive qu in clis sunt. 21 Et vos cum essetis aliquando alienati, et inimici sensu in operibus malis : 22 nunc autem reconciliavit in corpore carnis ejus per mortem, exhibere vos sanctos, et immaculatos, et irreprehensibiles coram ipso : 23 si tamen permanetis in fide fundati, et stabiles, et immobiles a spe Evangelii, quod audistis, quod prdicatum est in universa creatura, qu sub clo est, cujus factus sum ego Paulus minister.24 Qui nunc gaudeo in passionibus pro vobis, et adimpleo ea qu desunt passionem Christi, in carne mea pro corpore ejus, quod est Ecclesia : 25 cujus factus sum ego minister secundum dispensationem Dei, qu data est mihi in vos, ut impleam verbum Dei : 26 mysterium, quod absconditum fuit a sculis, et generationibus, nunc autem manifestatum est sanctis ejus, 27 quibus voluit Deus notas facere divitias glori sacramenti hujus in gentibus, quod est Christus, in vobis spes glori, 28 quem nos annuntiamus, corripientes omnem hominem, et docentes omnem hominem, in omni sapientia, ut exhibeamus omnem hominem perfectum in Christo Jesu : 29 in quo et laboro, certando secundum operationem ejus, quam operatur in me in virtute.