Colossians 1

¹Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother,

²to the holy and faithful brethren in Christ which [are] in Colosse. Grace to you and peace from God our Father [and Lord Jesus Christ].

³We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,

⁴having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,

⁵on account of the hope which [is] laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,

⁶which are come to you, as [they are] in all the world, [and] are bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day ye heard [them] and knew indeed the grace of God, in truth:

⁷even as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-bondman, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you,

⁸who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit.

⁹For this reason we also, from the day we heard [of your faith and love], do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

¹⁰[so as] to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God;

¹¹strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory unto all endurance and longsuffering with joy;

¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,