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Paulus apostolus Christi Iesu per voluntatem Dei etTimotheus frater

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his qui sunt Colossis sanctis et fidelibus fratribus inChristo Iesu gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro

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gratias agimus Deo et Patri Domini nostri Iesu Christisemper pro vobis orantes

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audientes fidem vestram in Christo Iesu et dilectionem quamhabetis in sanctos omnes

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propter spem quae reposita est vobis in caelis quam audistisin verbo veritatis evangelii

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quod pervenit ad vos sicut et in universo mundo est etfructificat et crescit sicut in vobis ex ea die qua audistis etcognovistis gratiam Dei in veritate

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sicut didicistis ab Epaphra carissimo conservo nostro quiest fidelis pro vobis minister Christi Iesu

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qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in Spiritu

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ideo et nos ex qua die audivimus non cessamus pro vobisorantes et postulantes ut impleamini agnitione voluntatis eiusin omni sapientia et intellectu spiritali

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ut ambuletis digne Deo per omnia placentes in omni operebono fructificantes et crescentes in scientia Dei

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in omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatiseius in omni patientia et longanimitate cum gaudio

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gratias agentes Patri qui dignos nos fecit in partem sortissanctorum in lumine

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qui eripuit nos de potestate tenebrarum et transtulit inregnum Filii dilectionis suae

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in quo habemus redemptionem remissionem peccatorum

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qui est imago Dei invisibilis primogenitus omnis creaturae

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quia in ipso condita sunt universa in caelis et in terravisibilia et invisibilia sive throni sive dominationes siveprincipatus sive potestates omnia per ipsum et in ipso creatasunt

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et ipse est ante omnes et omnia in ipso constant

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et ipse est caput corporis ecclesiae qui est principiumprimogenitus ex mortuis ut sit in omnibus ipse primatum tenens

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quia in ipso conplacuit omnem plenitudinem habitare

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et per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum pacificans persanguinem crucis eius sive quae in terris sive quae in caelissunt

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et vos cum essetis aliquando alienati et inimici sensu inoperibus malis

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nunc autem reconciliavit in corpore carnis eius per mortemexhibere vos sanctos et inmaculatos et inreprehensibiles coramipso

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si tamen permanetis in fide fundati et stabiles etinmobiles ab spe evangelii quod audistis quod praedicatum estin universa creatura quae sub caelo est cuius factus sum egoPaulus minister

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qui nunc gaudeo in passionibus pro vobis et adimpleo eaquae desunt passionum Christi in carne mea pro corpore eiusquod est ecclesia

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cuius factus sum ego minister secundum dispensationem Deiquae data est mihi in vos ut impleam verbum Dei

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mysterium quod absconditum fuit a saeculis etgenerationibus nunc autem manifestatum est sanctis eius

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quibus voluit Deus notas facere divitias gloriae sacramentihuius in gentibus quod est Christus in vobis spes gloriae

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quem nos adnuntiamus corripientes omnem hominem et docentesomnem hominem in omni sapientia ut exhibeamus omnem hominemperfectum in Christo Iesu

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in quo et laboro certando secundum operationem eius quamoperatur in me in virtute

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

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To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

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Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

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Which is come unto 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:

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As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

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Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

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For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

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That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

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Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

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Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

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And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

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And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

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And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

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In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

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If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

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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:

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Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

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Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

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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:

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Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

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Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

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