¶ THE EPISTLE OF PAVL
the Apoſtle to the Coloſſians
CHAP. I.
1 After ſalutation hee thanketh God for their faith, 7 confirmeth the doctrine of Epaphras, 9 Praieth further for their increaſe in grace, 14 deſcribeth the true Chriſt, 21 encourageth them to receiue Ieſus Chriſt, and commendeth his owne miniſtery.
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Aul an Apoſtle of Ieſus Chriſt, by ye will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2 To the ſaints and faithfull brethren in Chriſt, which are at Coloſſe, grace be vnto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Ieſus Chriſt.
3 We giue thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, praying alwayes for you,
4 Since we heard of your faith in Chriſt Ieſus, and of the loue which yee haue to all the Saints,
5 For the hope which is layd vp for you in heauen, whereof ye heard before in the word of the trueth of the Goſpel,
6 Which is come vnto you as it is in all the world, and bringeth foorth fruit, as it doth alſo in you, ſince the day yee heard of it, and knew the grace of God in trueth,
7 As yee alſo learned of Epaphras our deare felow ſeruant, who is for you a faithfull Miniſter of Chriſt:
8 Who alſo declared vnto vs your loue in the ſpirit.
9 For this cauſe wee alſo, ſince the day we heard it, doe not ceaſe to pray for you, and to deſire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wiſedome and ſpirituall vnderſtanding:
10 That ye might walke worthy of the Lord vnto all pleaſing, being fruitfull in euery good worke, ⁊ increaſing in the knowledge of God:
11 Strengthened with all might according to his glorious power, vnto all patience and long ſuffering with ioyfulneſſe:
12 Giuing thanks vnto the Father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light:
13 Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkeneſſe, and hath tranſlated vs into the kingdome of †† Gr. the Sonne of his loue. his deare Sonne,
14 In whome we haue redemption through his blood, euen the forgiueneſſe of ſinnes:
15 Who is the image of the inuiſible God, the firſt borne of euery creature.
16 For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, viſible and inuiſible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
17 ** 1.Cor.8.6 ioh.1.3. And he is before all things, and by him all things conſiſt.
18 And hee is the head of the body, the Church: who is the beginning, the firſt borne from the dead, that ǁǁ Or, among all. in all things he might haue the preeminence:
19 For it pleaſed the Father that in him ſhould all fulneſſe dwell,
20 And (ǁǁ Or, making peace. hauing made peace through the blood of his croſſe) by him to reconcile all things vnto himſelf, by him, I ſay, whether they bee things in earth, or things in heauen.
21 And you that were ſometimes alienated, and enemies ǁǁ Or, by your mind in wicked works. in your minde by wicked workes, yet now hath hee reconciled,
22 In the body of his fleſh through death, to preſent you holy ⁊ unblameable, and vnreprooueable in his ſight,
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and ſetled, and be not moued away
