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The next file is: COLOSSIANS
1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and
 Timothy [our] brother,
1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at
 Colosse: Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father and
 the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus
 Christ, praying always for you,
1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the
 love [which ye have] to all the saints,
1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye
 have heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
1:6 Which is come to you, as [it is] in all the world; and
 bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day
 ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:
1:7 As ye also learned from Epaphras our dear fellow-servant,
 who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
1:8 Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not
 cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye may be filled with
 the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual
 understanding;
1:10 That ye may walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being
 fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of
 God;
1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious
 power, to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness;
1:12 Giving thanks to the Father, who hath made us meet to be
 partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
 translated [us] into the kingdom of his beloved Son:
1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the
 forgiveness of sins:
1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of
 every creature:
1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and
 that are upon earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or
 dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were
 created by him, and for him:
1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the
 beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all [things]
 he may have the pre-eminence.
1:19 For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fullness
 dwell;
1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by
 him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, [I say],
 whether [they are] things on earth, or things in heaven.
1:21 And you, that were formerly alienated and enemies in [your]
 mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,
1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy
 and unblamable and unreprovable in his sight:
1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [are]
 not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have
 heard, [and] which hath been preached to every creature which
 is under heaven; of which I Paul am made a minister;
1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that
 which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for
 his body's sake, which is the church:
1:25 Of which I am made a minister, according to the
 dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill
 the word of God;
1:26 [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages, and from
 generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
1:27 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the
 glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in
 you, the hope of glory:
1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man
 in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ
 Jesus.
1:29 For which I also labor, striving according to his working,
 which worketh in me mightily.
2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you,
 and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen
 my face in the flesh;
2:2 That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in
 love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding
 to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father,
 and of Christ;
2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
2:4 And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with
 enticing words.
2:5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in
 the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the
 steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so]
 walk ye in him:
2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as
 ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
2:8 Beware lest any man make a prey of you through philosophy
 and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the
 rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
2:10 And ye are complete in him, who is the head of all
 principality and power:
2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made
 without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh
 by the circumcision of Christ:
2:12 Buried with him in baptism, in which also ye are raised
 with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath
 raised him from the dead.
2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of
 your flesh, hath he made alive together with him, having
 forgiven you all trespasses;
2:14 Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances that was
 against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the
 way, nailing it to his cross;
2:15 [And] having despoiled principalities and powers, he made a
 show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in
 respect of a holy-day, or or the new-moon, or of the sabbaths:
2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of
 Christ.
2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary
 humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things
 which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
2:19 And not holding the head, from which all the body by joints
 and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together,
 increaseth with the increase of God.
2:20 Wherefore, if ye are dead with Christ from the rudiments of
 the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject
 to ordinances,
2:21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) according to the
 commandments and doctrines of men?
2:23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship,
 and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to
 the satisfying of the flesh.
3:1 If ye then be raised with Christ, seek those things which
 are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the
 earth.
3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
3:4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then will ye
 also appear with him in glory.
3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;
 lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
 concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
3:6 For which things the wrath of God cometh on the children of
 disobedience:
3:7 In which ye also walked formerly, when ye lived with them.
3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
 blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man
 with his deeds;
3:10 And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in
 knowledge after the image of him that created him:
3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor
 uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but
 Christ [is] all, and in all.
3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
 bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
 long-suffering;
3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any
 man hath a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so
 also [do] ye.
3:14 And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the
 bond of perfectness.
3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also
 ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
 teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and
 spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
3:17 And whatever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of
 the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
3:18 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit
 in the Lord.
3:19 Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against
 them.
3:20 Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is
 well-pleasing to the Lord.
3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be
 discouraged.
3:22 Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to
 the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in
 singleness of heart, fearing God:
3:23 And whatever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and
 not to men;
3:24 Knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the reward of
 the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
3:25 But he that doeth wrong, will receive for the wrong which
 he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
4:1 Masters, give to [your] servants that which is just and
 equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
4:3 At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to
 us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for
 which I am also in bonds:
4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
4:5 Walk in wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the
 time.
4:6 Let your speech [be] always with grace, seasoned with salt,
 that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare to you, [who is] a
 beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in
 the Lord:
4:8 Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that he may
 know your state, and comfort your hearts;
4:9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is [one]
 of you. They will make known to you all things which [are done]
 here.
4:10 Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, saluteth you; and Marcus,
 sister's son to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye received
 commandments: if he should come to you, receive him;)
4:11 And Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the
 circumcision. These only [are my] fellow-workers to the kingdom
 of God, who have been a comfort to me.
4:12 Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ,
 saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers,
 that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
4:13 For I bear him testimony, that he hath a great zeal for
 you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
4:15 Salute the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and
 the church which is in his house.
4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be
 read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise
 read the [epistle] from Laodicea.
4:17 And say to Archippus, take heed to the ministry which thou
 hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.
4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds.
 Grace [be] with you. Amen.