OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
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Intro:14 Introduction (Introduction section heading)
1:1 Colossians 1 (Start of chapter)
1:1 Greetings from Paul (Alternate section heading)
1:1 Salutation (Alternate section heading)
1:3 Paulos’s thanks and prayers
1:3 Paul Thanks God for the Colossians (Alternate section heading)
1:3 Thanksgiving and Prayer (Alternate section heading)
1:3 Paul's Thanksgiving and Prayer (Alternate section heading)
1:3 Prayer of Thanksgiving (Alternate section heading)
1:9 The supremacy of Christ (Alternate section heading)
1:15 Yeshua is both the first and the highest
1:15 The Supremacy of Christ (Alternate section heading)
1:15 Christ Is Supreme (Alternate section heading)
1:15 The Person and Work of Christ (Alternate section heading)
1:24 Paulos’s work for believers
1:24 Paul's Work as a Servant of the Church (Alternate section heading)
1:24 Paul's Interest in the Colossians (Alternate section heading)
1:24 Paul's Labour for the Church (Alternate section heading)
1:24 Paul's Work for the Church (Alternate section heading)
2:6 Freedom From Human Regulations Through Life With Christ (Alternate section heading)
2:6 True and false teaching (Alternate section heading)
2:6 Freedom from Rules and New Life in Christ (Alternate section heading)
2:6 Fullness of Life in Christ (Alternate section heading)
2:20 From death to life with the messiah
2:20 Dying and Living with Christ (Alternate section heading)
2:20 Warnings against False Teachers (Alternate section heading)
3:1 The New Life in Christ (Alternate section heading)
3:1 Living the New Life (Alternate section heading)
3:1 Rules for Holy Living (Alternate section heading)
3:5 Christian conduct (Alternate section heading)
3:5 The Old Life and the New (Alternate section heading)
3:18 Rules for Christian Households (Alternate section heading)
3:18 Instructions for Christian Households (Alternate section heading)
3:18 Personal Relations in the New Life (Alternate section heading)
4:2 Further teaching for believers
4:2 Further Instructions (Alternate section heading)
4:2 An Encouragement for Prayer (Alternate section heading)
4:7 News and greetings (Alternate section heading)
4:7 Final Greetings and Benediction (Alternate section heading)
4:7 Paul's Final Instructions and Greetings (Alternate section heading)