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ULT Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

UST I, Paul, write this letter to you, and Timothy our fellow believer is with me. God sent me to represent the Messiah Jesus, because that is what God chose to do.

BSB § Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

BLB Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,

AICNT Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,

OEB From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and from Timothy, also a follower of the Lord.

WEB Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

WMB Paul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

NET From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

LSV Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,

FBV This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the will of God, and from our brother Timothy.

TCNT Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

T4T I, Paul, am writing this letter to you, and our fellow believer Timothy is with me. I am an apostle who represents Christ Jesus, because that is what God wanted.

LEB Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

BBE Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother,

MOF No MOF COL book available

ASV Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

DRA Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother,

YLT Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,

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

RV Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

WBS Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

KJB Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

BB Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christe, by the wyll of God, and Timotheus the brother.
(Paul an Apostle of Yesus/Yeshua Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus the brother.)

GNV Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
(Paul an Apostle of Yesus/Yeshua Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,)

CB Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the will of God, and brother Timotheus.
(Paul an Apostle of Yesu Christ by the will of God, and brother Timotheus.)

TNT Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the wyll of God and brother Timotheus.
(Paul an Apostle of Yesu Christ by the will of God and brother Timotheus.)

WYC Poul, apostle of `Crist Jhesu, bi the wille of God,
(Poul, apostle of `Christ Yhesu, by the will of God,)

LUT Paulus, ein Apostel JEsu Christi durch den Willen Gottes, und Bruder Timotheus:
(Paulus, a Apostel YEsu Christi through the Willen God’s, and brother Timotheus:)

CLV Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater:
(Paulus Apostolus Yesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, and Timotheus frater:)

UGNT Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς;
(Paulos apostolos Ⱪristou Yaʸsou dia thelaʸmatos Theou, kai Timotheos ho adelfos?)

SBL-GNT Παῦλος ἀπόστολος ⸂Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ⸃ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς
(Paulos apostolos ⸂Ⱪristou Yaʸsou⸃ dia thelaʸmatos theou kai Timotheos ho adelfos)

TC-GNT Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφός,
(Paulos apostolos Yaʸsou Ⱪristou dia thelaʸmatos Theou, kai Timotheos ho adelfos,)

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

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Throughout this letter the words “we,” “us,” “our,” and “ours” include the Colossian believers unless noted otherwise.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

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The words “you,” “your,” and “yours” refer to the Colossian believers, and so they are plural unless noted otherwise.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

Παῦλος

Paul

In this culture, letter writers would give their own names first, referring to themselves in the third person. If that is confusing in your language, you could use the first person here. If your language has a particular way of introducing the author of a letter, and if it would be helpful to your readers, you could use it here. Alternate translation: “From Paul”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς

and Timothy our brother

This phrase does not mean that Timothy helped Paul write this letter. Paul was the author of this letter, as he shows by using the first person singular throughout the letter. What this does mean is that Timothy is with Paul and that Timothy is in agreement with what Paul writes. If it sounds in your language like Timothy is writing the letter with Paul, you could make Timothy’s supporting role more clear. Alternate translation: “with the support of Timothy, our fellow believer”

Parallel COL 1:1

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