Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made
us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
light: 13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and
hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14In whom we
have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every
creature: 16For 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: 17And he is before all
things, and by him all things consist. 18And 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. 19For
it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20And, 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. 21And you, that were
sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet
now hath he reconciled 22In the body of his flesh through death,
to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his
sight: 23If 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; 24Who now rejoice in my
sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the
afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his bodys sake, which
is the church: 25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the
dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the
word of God; 26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and
from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27To
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: 28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every
man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in
Christ Jesus: 29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to
his working, which worketh in me mightily.
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