1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the…
2to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ…
3We give thanks to God the Father of…
4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus…
5because of the hope which is laid up…
6which has come to you, even as it…
7even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved…
8who also declared to us your love in…
9For this cause, we also, since the day…
10that you may walk worthily of the Lord,…
11strengthened with all power, according to the might…
12giving thanks to the Father, who made us…
13who delivered us out of the power of…
14in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness…
15He is the image of the invisible God,…
16For by him all things were created in…
17He is before all things, and in him…
18He is the head of the body, the…
19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell…
20and through him to reconcile all things to…
21You, being in past times alienated and enemies…
22yet now he has reconciled in the body…
23if it is so that you continue in…
24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your…
25of which I was made a servant according…
26the mystery which has been hidden for ages…
27to whom God was pleased to make known…
28We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching…
29for which I also labor, striving according to…
