,from www4ebible4org with slight        
reformatting by ,martin ,ward4          
,book #ea ,colossians  #jja3jja ,paul1  
an apostle of ,christ ,jesus through the
 will of ,god1          and ,timothy our
 brother1  #jja3jjb to the saints and   
faithful brothers,the word for brothers 
here and where context allows may also  
be correctly          translated        
brothers and sisters or siblings4 in    
,christ          at ,colossae3  ,grace  
to you and peace from ,god our ,father1 
and the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4  #jja3jjc 
,we give thanks to ,god the ,father of  
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1               
praying always for you1  #jja3jjd having
 heard of your faith in ,christ ,jesus1 
and of the love          which you have 
toward all the saints1  #jja3jje because
 of the hope which is laid up for you in
 the heavens1          of which you     
heard before in the word of the truth of
          the ,good ,news1  #jja3jjf    
which has come to you2 even as it is in 
all the world          and is bearing   

fruit and growing1 as it does in you    
also1          since the day you heard  
and knew the grace of ,god in truth2    
#jja3jjg even as you learned of         
,epaphras our beloved fellow servant1   
who is a faithful servant of ,christ on 
our behalf1  #jja3jjh who also declared 
to us your love in the ,spirit4         
#jja3jji ,for this cause1 we also1 since
 the day we heard this1          don't  
cease praying and making requests for   
you1 that you          may be filled    
with the knowledge of his will in all   
spiritual          wisdom and           
understanding1  #jja3jaj that you may   
walk worthily of the ,lord1 to please   
him in          all respects1 bearing   
fruit in every good work1 and increasing
          in the knowledge of ,god2     
#jja3jaa strengthened with all power1   
according to the might of his glory1    
for all endurance and perseverance with 
joy2  #jja3jab giving thanks to the     
,father1 who made us fit to be partakers
          of the inheritance of the     

saints in light2  #jja3jac who delivered
 us out of the power of darkness1 and   
translated          us into the ,kingdom
 of the ,son of his love2  #jja3jad in  
whom we have our redemption1,,tr adds   
through his blood1          the         
forgiveness of our sins2  #jja3jae who  
is the image of the invisible ,god1 the 
firstborn          of all creation4     
#jja3jaf ,for by him all things were    
created1 in the heavens          and on 
the earth1 things visible and things    
invisible1          whether thrones or  
dominions or principalities or powers2  
all things have been created through    
him1 and for him4  #jja3jag ,he is      
before all things1 and in him all things
 are held together4  #jja3jah ,he is the
 head of the body1 the assembly1 who is 
the beginning1          the firstborn   
from the dead2 that in all things he    
might          have the preeminence4    
#jja3jai ,for all the fullness was      
pleased to dwell in him2  #jja3jbj and  
through him to reconcile all things to  

himself1 by him1          whether things
 on the earth1 or things in the heavens1
          having made peace through the 
blood of his cross4  #jja3jba ,you1     
being in past times alienated and       
enemies in your mind          in your   
evil works1  #jja3jbb yet now he has    
reconciled in the body of his flesh     
through death1          to present you  
holy and without blemish and blameless  
before him1  #jja3jbc if it is so that  
you continue in the faith1 grounded and 
steadfast1          and not moved away  
from the hope of the ,good ,news which  
you heard1          which is being      
proclaimed in all creation under heaven2
          of which ,i1 ,paul1 was made a
 servant4  #jja3jbd ,now ,i rejoice in  
my sufferings for your sake1 and fill up
          on my part that which is      
lacking of the afflictions of ,christ   
in my flesh for his body's sake1 which  
is the assembly2  #jja3jbe of which ,i  
was made a servant1 according to the    
stewardship of ,god          which was  

given me toward you1 to fulfill the word
 of ,god1  #jja3jbf the mystery which   
has been hidden for ages and            
generations4          ,but now it has   
been revealed to his saints1  #jja3jbg  
to whom ,god was pleased to make known  
what are the riches          of the     
glory of this mystery among the         
,gentiles1 which is          ,christ in 
you1 the hope of glory2  #jja3jbh whom  
we proclaim1 admonishing every man and  
teaching every          man in all      
wisdom1 that we may present every man   
perfect          in ,christ ,jesus2     
#jja3jbi for which ,i also labor1       
striving according to his working1      
which works in me mightily4  #jjb3jja   
,for ,i desire to have you know how     
greatly ,i struggle for you1            
and for those at ,laodicea1 and for as  
many as have not seen          my face  
in the flesh2  #jjb3jjb that their      
hearts may be comforted1 they being knit
 together          in love1 and gaining 
all riches of the full assurance        

of understanding1 that they may know the
 mystery of ,god1          both of the  
,father and of ,christ1  #jjb3jjc in    
whom are all the treasures of wisdom and
 knowledge hidden4  #jjb3jjd ,now this  
,i say that no one may delude you with  
persuasiveness          of speech4      
#jjb3jje ,for though ,i am absent in the
 flesh1 yet am ,i with you in the       
spirit1          rejoicing and seeing   
your order1 and the steadfastness of    
your          faith in ,christ4         
#jjb3jjf ,as therefore you received     
,christ ,jesus1 the ,lord1 walk in him1 
#jjb3jjg rooted and built up in him1 and
 established in the faith1          even
 as you were taught1 abounding in it in 
thanksgiving4  #jjb3jjh ,be careful that
 you don't let anyone rob you through   
his          philosophy and vain deceit1
 after the tradition of men1            
after the elements of the world1 and not
 after ,christ4  #jjb3jji ,for in him   
all the fullness of the ,godhead dwells 
bodily1  #jjb3jaj and in him you are    

made full1 who is the head of all       
principality and power2  #jjb3jaa in    
whom you were also circumcised with a   
circumcision not          made with     
hands1 in the putting off of the body of
 the sins          of the flesh1 in the 
circumcision of ,christ2  #jjb3jab      
having been buried with him in baptism1 
in which you were          also raised  
with him through faith in the working of
 ,god1          who raised him from the 
dead4  #jjb3jac ,you were dead through  
your trespasses and the uncircumcision  
of your flesh4  ,he made you alive      
together with him1          having      
forgiven us all our trespasses1         
#jjb3jad wiping out the handwriting in  
ordinances which was against us2        
and he has taken it out of the way1     
nailing it to the cross2  #jjb3jae      
having stripped the principalities and  
the powers1 he made          a show of  
them openly1 triumphing over them in it4
  #jjb3jaf ,let no man therefore judge  
you in eating1 or in drinking1          

or with respect to a feast day or a new 
moon or a ,sabbath day1  #jjb3jag which 
are a shadow of the things to come2 but 
the body is ,christ's4  #jjb3jah ,let no
 one rob you of your prize by a         
voluntary humility and                  
worshipping of the angels1 dwelling in  
the things which he has          not    
seen1 vainly puffed up by his fleshly   
mind1  #jjb3jai and not holding firmly  
to the ,head1 from whom all the body1   
being supplied and knit together through
 the joints and ligaments1              
grows with ,god's growth4  #jjb3jbj ,if 
you died with ,christ from the elements 
of the world1 why1 as though            
living in the world1 do you subject     
yourselves to ordinances1  #jjb3jba     
,don't handle1 nor taste1 nor touch     
#jjb3jbb 7all of which perish with use71
 according to the precepts          and 
doctrines of men8  #jjb3jbc ,which      
things indeed appear like wisdom in     
self-imposed worship1          and      
humility1 and severity to the body2 but 

aren't of any value          against the
 indulgence of the flesh4  #jjc3jja ,if 
then you were raised together with      
,christ1 seek the things          that  
are above1 where ,christ is1 seated on  
the right hand of ,god4  #jjc3jjb ,set  
your mind on the things that are above1 
not on the things          that are on  
the earth4  #jjc3jjc ,for you died1 and 
your life is hidden with ,christ in     
,god4  #jjc3jjd ,when ,christ1 our life1
 is revealed1 then you will also be     
revealed with him in glory4  #jjc3jje   
,put to death therefore your members    
which are on the earth3          sexual 
immorality1 uncleanness1 depraved       
passion1 evil desire1          and      
covetousness1 which is idolatry2        
#jjc3jjf for which things' sake the     
wrath of ,god comes on the              
children of disobedience4  #jjc3jjg ,you
 also once walked in those1 when you    
lived in them2  #jjc3jjh but now you    
also put them all away3  anger1 wrath1  
malice1 slander1          and shameful  

speaking out of your mouth4  #jjc3jji   
,don't lie to one another1 seeing that  
you have put off the old          man   
with his doings1  #jjc3jaj and have put 
on the new man1 who is being renewed in 
knowledge          after the image of   
his ,creator1  #jjc3jaa where there     
can't be ,greek and ,jew1 circumcision  
and uncircumcision1          barbarian1 
,scythian1 bondservant1 freeman2 but    
,christ is all1          and in all4    
#jjc3jab ,put on therefore1 as ,god's   
chosen ones1 holy and beloved1 a heart  
of compassion1 kindness1 lowliness1     
humility1 and perseverance2  #jjc3jac   
bearing with one another1 and forgiving 
each other1 if any man          has a   
complaint against any2 even as ,christ  
forgave you1          so you also do4   
#jjc3jad ,above all these things1 walk  
in love1 which is the          bond of  
perfection4  #jjc3jae ,and let the peace
 of ,god rule in your hearts1 to which  
also you          were called in one    
body2 and be thankful4  #jjc3jaf ,let   

the word of ,christ dwell in you richly2
 in all wisdom teaching          and    
admonishing one another with psalms1    
hymns1 and spiritual songs1             
singing with grace in your heart to the 
,lord4  #jjc3jag ,whatever you do1 in   
word or in deed1 do all in the name of  
the ,lord ,jesus1 giving thanks to ,god 
the ,father1 through him4  #jjc3jah     
,wives1 be in subjection to your        
husbands1 as is fitting          in the 
,lord4  #jjc3jai ,husbands1 love your   
wives1 and don't be bitter against them4
  #jjc3jbj ,children1 obey your parents 
in all things1 for this          pleases
 the ,lord4  #jjc3jba ,fathers1 don't   
provoke your children1 so that they     
won't be discouraged4  #jjc3jbb         
,servants1 obey in all things those who 
are your masters according          to  
the flesh1 not just when they are       
looking1 as men pleasers1          but  
in singleness of heart1 fearing ,god4   
#jjc3jbc ,and whatever you do1 work     
heartily1 as for the ,lord1          and

 not for men1  #jjc3jbd knowing that    
from the ,lord you will receive the     
reward          of the inheritance2 for 
you serve the ,lord ,christ4  #jjc3jbe  
,but he who does wrong will receive     
again for the wrong that          he has
 done1 and there is no partiality4      
#jjd3jja ,masters1 give to your servants
 that which is just and equal1          
knowing that you also have a ,master in 
heaven4  #jjd3jjb ,continue steadfastly 
in prayer1 watching therein with        
thanksgiving2  #jjd3jjc praying together
 for us also1 that ,god may open to us a
 door          for the word1 to speak   
the mystery of ,christ1 for which ,i am 
also in bonds2  #jjd3jjd that ,i may    
reveal it as ,i ought to speak4         
#jjd3jje ,walk in wisdom toward those   
who are outside1 redeeming the time4    
#jjd3jjf ,let your speech always be with
 grace1 seasoned with salt1             
that you may know how you ought to      
answer each one4  #jjd3jjg ,all my      
affairs will be made known to you by    

,tychicus1          the beloved brother1
 faithful servant1 and fellow           
bondservant          in the ,lord4      
#jjd3jjh ,i am sending him to you for   
this very purpose1 that he may know     
your circumstances and comfort your     
hearts1  #jjd3jji together with         
,onesimus1 the faithful and beloved     
brother1          who is one of you4    
,they will make known to you everything 
that is going on here4  #jjd3jaj        
,aristarchus1 my fellow prisoner greets 
you1 and ,mark1 the cousin          of  
,barnabas 7concerning whom you received 
commandments1          if he comes to   
you1 receive him71  #jjd3jaa and ,jesus 
who is called ,justus1 who are of the   
circumcision4          ,these are my    
only fellow workers for the ,kingdom of 
,god1          men who have been a      
comfort to me4  #jjd3jab ,epaphras1 who 
is one of you1 a servant of ,christ1    
salutes you1          always striving   
for you in his prayers1 that you may    
stand          perfect and complete in  

all the will of ,god4  #jjd3jac ,for ,i 
testify about him1 that he has great    
zeal for you1          and for those in 
,laodicea1 and for those in ,hierapolis4
  #jjd3jad ,luke1 the beloved physician1
 and ,demas greet you4  #jjd3jae ,greet 
the brothers who are in ,laodicea1 and  
,nymphas1          and the assembly that
 is in his house4  #jjd3jaf ,when this  
letter has been read among you1 cause it
 to be read          also in the        
assembly of the ,laodiceans2 and that   
you also read          the letter from  
,laodicea4  #jjd3jag ,tell ,archippus1  
,take heed to the ministry which you    
have          received in the ,lord1    
that you fulfill it4  #jjd3jah ,the     
salutation of me1 ,paul1 with my own    
hand3  remember my bonds4               
,grace be with you4  ,amen4