Colossians 1

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,Cross-references: Rom 1:1 · 1Cor 1:1 · 2Cor 1:1 · Eph 1:1 · Phil 1:1 · 1Thess 1:1 · +3 more

2to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Cross-references: Ps 16:3 · Rom 1:7 · 1Cor 1:2 · 1Cor 4:17 · Gal 1:3 · Gal 3:9 · +6 more

3We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,Cross-references: Rom 1:8 · 1Cor 1:4 · Eph 1:15 · Eph 3:14 · Phil 1:3 · Phil 1:9 · +7 more

4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,Cross-references: 2Cor 7:7 · Gal 5:6 · Eph 1:15 · Col 1:9 · 1Thess 1:3 · 1Thess 3:6 · +9 more

5because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good NewsCross-references: Ps 31:19 · Matt 6:19 · Luke 12:33 · Acts 10:36 · Acts 13:26 · Acts 23:6 · +23 more

6which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,Cross-references: Ps 98:3 · Ps 110:3 · Matt 24:14 · Matt 28:19 · Mark 4:8 · Mark 4:26 · +29 more

7even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,Cross-references: Num 12:7 · Matt 24:45 · Matt 25:21 · 1Cor 4:2 · 1Cor 4:17 · 1Cor 7:25 · +11 more

8who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.Cross-references: Rom 5:5 · Rom 15:30 · Gal 5:22 · Col 1:4 · 2Tim 1:7 · 1Pet 1:22

9For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,Cross-references: 1Sam 12:23 · Ps 119:99 · Ps 143:10 · John 7:17 · Acts 12:5 · Rom 1:8 · +28 more

10that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,Cross-references: Prov 16:7 · Isa 53:11 · Dan 12:4 · Mic 4:5 · Hab 2:14 · John 15:8 · +35 more

11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,Cross-references: Ex 15:6 · Ps 63:2 · Prov 24:10 · Isa 45:24 · Acts 1:8 · Acts 5:41 · +19 more

12giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,Cross-references: 1Ki 6:7 · 1Chr 29:20 · Ps 36:9 · Ps 79:13 · Ps 97:11 · Ps 107:21 · +40 more

13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,Cross-references: Ps 2:6 · Isa 9:6 · Isa 42:1 · Isa 49:24 · Isa 53:12 · Dan 7:13 · +31 more

14in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.Cross-references: Ps 32:1 · Ps 130:4 · Matt 20:28 · Luke 5:20 · Luke 7:47 · Acts 2:38 · +25 more

15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.Cross-references: Ex 24:10 · Num 12:8 · Ps 89:27 · Prov 8:29 · Ezek 1:26 · John 1:1 · +17 more

16For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.Cross-references: Deut 4:39 · 1Chr 29:11 · Ps 102:25 · Prov 16:4 · Isa 40:9 · Isa 43:21 · +20 moreExamined: Arianism →

17He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:8 · Ps 75:3 · Prov 8:22 · Isa 43:11 · Isa 44:6 · Mic 5:2 · +13 moreExamined: Arianism →

18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.Cross-references: Ps 45:2 · Ps 89:27 · Song 5:10 · Isa 52:13 · Matt 23:8 · Matt 28:18 · +28 more

19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,Cross-references: Matt 11:25 · Luke 10:21 · John 1:16 · John 3:34 · Eph 1:3 · Eph 1:5 · +5 more

20and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.Cross-references: Lev 6:30 · Ps 85:10 · Isa 9:6 · Ezek 45:17 · Dan 9:24 · Mic 5:2 · +13 more

21You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,Cross-references: Rom 1:30 · Rom 5:9 · Rom 8:7 · 1Cor 6:9 · Eph 2:1 · Eph 2:12 · +5 more

22yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,Cross-references: Job 15:15 · Job 25:5 · Ps 51:7 · Luke 1:75 · Rom 7:4 · 2Cor 11:2 · +10 more

23if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.Cross-references: Deut 2:25 · Deut 4:19 · Ps 92:13 · Ps 125:5 · Lam 3:66 · Ezek 18:26 · +63 more

24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,Cross-references: Matt 5:11 · Acts 5:41 · Rom 5:3 · 2Cor 1:5 · 2Cor 4:8 · 2Cor 7:4 · +10 more

25of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,Cross-references: Rom 15:15 · 1Cor 9:17 · Gal 2:7 · Eph 3:2 · Col 1:23 · 1Thess 3:2 · +2 more

26the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,Cross-references: Ps 25:14 · Matt 13:11 · Mark 4:11 · Luke 8:10 · Rom 16:25 · 1Cor 2:7 · +2 more

27to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.Cross-references: Ps 16:9 · Matt 13:11 · Luke 17:21 · John 6:56 · John 14:17 · John 14:20 · +31 more

28We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;Cross-references: Deut 4:5 · Prov 8:5 · Eccl 12:9 · Jer 3:15 · Jer 6:10 · Ezek 3:17 · +45 more

29for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.Cross-references: Luke 13:24 · Rom 15:20 · Rom 15:30 · 1Cor 9:25 · 1Cor 12:6 · 1Cor 12:11 · +21 more