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1 Paulos, an_ambassador of_chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) by the_will of_god, and Timotheos our brother,

2 to _the holy ones, in Kolossai and faithful brothers in chosen _one /messiah:
grace to _you _all and peace from god the_father of _us and the_master Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah.

3 We _are _giving _thanks to_ the _god the_father of _the master of _us Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah, always praying, because/for you _all

4 having _heard the faith of _you _all in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous, and the love that you _all _are _having toward all the holy ones,

5 because _of the hope which lying _away for _you _all in the heavens, which you _all _previously _heard in the message of _the truth, the good _message,

6 the one being _present to you _all, as also in all the world, is bearing _fruit and being _grown, as also among you _all, from that day you _all _heard and knew the grace of_ the _god in truth,

7 as you _all _learned from Epafras, the beloved fellow-slave of _us, who is a_ faithful _servant of _the chosen _one /messiah, because/for us

8 the one also having _made _evident to _us the love of _you _all in the_spirit.

9 Because _of this we, also from that day we _heard it, are_ not _ceasing praying for you _all and requesting, in _order _that you _all _may _be _filled with _the knowledge of _the will of _him in all wisdom and spiritual insight,

10 to _walk worthily of _the master in all pleasing, in every work good bearing _fruit, and being _grown in _the knowledge of_ the _god,

11 with all power being _enabled according _to the power of _the glory of _him, to all endurance and patience with joy,

12 giving _thanks to _the father, the one having _qualified you _all for the portion of _the allotment of _the holy ones in the light,

13 who rescued us from the power of_ the _darkness, and redirected us into the kingdom of _the son of _the love of _him,

14 in whom we _are _having the redemption, the forgiveness of_ the _sins,

15 who is the_image of _the the invisible god, the_firstborn of _all creation,

16 because by him was _created the things all in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or masterships, or rulers, or authorities, all the things has _been _created by him and for him.

17 And he is before all things, and all the things in him has _consisted.

18 And he is the head of _the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, firstborn from the dead, in _order _that he may _become being _first, in all things

19 because in him all the fullness he _took _pleasure to _dwell,

20 and by him to _reconcile the things all to himself, having _made _peace by the blood of _the stake of _him through him, whether the things on the earth, or the things in the heavens.

21 And you _all once being having _been _estranged and enemies the in _mind, in your the evil works,

22 but right _now you _all _have _been _reconciled in the body of _the flesh of _him, through his death, to _present you _all holy, and blameless, and unindictable, in _front _of him,

23 if surely you _all _are _continuing _on in _the faith, having _been _established and firm, and not being _shifted from the hope of _the good _message which you _all _heard, which having _been _proclaimed in all creation which under the heaven, of _which I Paulos became a_servant.

24 Now I _am _rejoicing in the sufferings for you _all, and I _am _filling _up the lacking things of _the tribulations of _the chosen _one /messiah in the flesh of _me for the body of _him, which is the assembly,

25 of _which I became a_servant, according _to the management of_ the _god, which having _been _given to _me for you _all, to _fulfill the message of_ the _god,

26 the mystery which having _been _hidden _away from the ages and from the generations, but now was _revealed to _the holy ones of _him,

27 to _whom the god willed to _make _known what is the riches of _the glory of_ the this _mystery among the pagans, which is chosen _one /messiah in you _all, the hope of_ the _glory,

28 whom we are _proclaiming, admonishing every person and teaching every person in all wisdom, in _order _that we _may _present every person perfect in chosen _one /messiah.

29 To which also I _am _labouring, striving according _to the working of _him, which working in me in power.

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