These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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- 1 , an Apostle of by the will of —and Timothy our brother:
- 2 To the people of and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in . May and be granted to you from our Father.
- 3 We give thanks to , the Father of our Lord the , constantly praying for you as we do,
- 4 because we have heard of your in and of the which you cherish towards all Elohim’s people,
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on account of the treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this you have already heard in the Message of the of the Good News.
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Ephesians 1:13 2 Timothy 4:8 1 Peter 1:3-4 Acts 23:6 Hebrews 7:19 Colossians 1:23 1 Thessalonians 2:13 1 Corinthians 13:13 Colossians 3:16 1 Corinthians 15:19 Titus 1:2 Colossians 1:27 2 Corinthians 5:19 Acts 24:15 Galatians 5:5 Matthew 6:19-20 1 John 3:3 Acts 26:6-7 Psalm 31:19 Acts 10:36 1 Peter 2:2 1 Timothy 1:15 1 Peter 3:15 Luke 12:33 Romans 10:8 2 Corinthians 6:7 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Acts 13:26 Ephesians 1:18-19 -
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For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to the of ,
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John 15:16 Mark 4:8 1 Peter 5:12 Colossians 1:23 Psalm 98:3 Romans 1:13 Philippians 1:11 Matthew 24:14 Romans 15:28 Mark 16:15 Ephesians 3:2 Ephesians 4:21 Titus 2:11-12 2 Corinthians 10:14 1 Corinthians 15:10-11 Ephesians 4:23 Philippians 4:17 Acts 16:14 Colossians 1:10 Ephesians 5:9 John 4:23 Romans 16:26 1 Peter 1:2-3 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Romans 10:17-18 Acts 26:18 2 Corinthians 6:1 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Acts 11:18 Acts 12:24 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Mark 4:26-29 Psalm 110:3 Matthew 28:19 Romans 15:19 - 7 as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow . He is to you a faithful minister of in our stead,
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and moreover he has informed us of your , which is inspired by the .
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For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;
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James 3:17 Colossians 4:5 2 Thessalonians 1:11 James 1:5 Hebrews 13:21 Colossians 3:16 1 Peter 2:15 1 Peter 4:2 Colossians 4:12 Psalm 143:10 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Philemon 1:4 1 John 2:17 Ephesians 1:8 Ephesians 1:15-20 Philippians 1:9-11 Philippians 1:4 Romans 12:2 Colossians 1:3-4 1 Samuel 12:23 1 John 5:20 Ephesians 5:17 Colossians 1:6 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Hebrews 10:36 2 Timothy 1:3-4 Ephesians 5:10 John 7:17 1 Corinthians 1:5 Romans 1:8-10 Psalm 119:99 Ephesians 3:14-19 Ephesians 6:6 Acts 12:5 -
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so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of .
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Ephesians 4:1 1 John 3:22 Hebrews 13:21 Micah 4:5 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Hebrews 13:16 2 Corinthians 2:14 2 Peter 1:2-3 Romans 6:4 Habakkuk 2:14 Colossians 2:6 Galatians 5:22-23 John 15:8 Philippians 1:27 Titus 3:14 John 15:16 Ephesians 5:2 Philippians 1:11 Ephesians 5:15 1 Thessalonians 2:12 2 Peter 1:8 Proverbs 16:7 Ephesians 5:10 2 Corinthians 9:8 1 John 5:20 Titus 3:1 Colossians 3:20 2 Peter 3:18 Philippians 4:18 Ephesians 2:10 Isaiah 53:11 Hebrews 11:5 Daniel 12:4 Ephesians 4:13 John 17:3 Ephesians 1:17 Colossians 2:19 Colossians 4:5 2 Timothy 2:4 Romans 4:12 2 Corinthians 4:6 -
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Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;
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Ephesians 3:16 Philippians 4:13 Romans 5:3-5 Ephesians 4:2 Ephesians 6:10 Romans 2:7 James 5:7-8 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Revelation 14:12 2 Corinthians 6:4-6 2 Peter 1:6 2 Corinthians 4:7 Hebrews 12:1-2 Exodus 15:6 Psalm 63:2 2 Timothy 2:1-3 Hebrews 11:34-38 Jude 1:25 Acts 5:41 Isaiah 45:24 James 1:2-4 1 Thessalonians 3:3-4 Hebrews 10:34-38 Proverbs 24:10 Acts 1:8 -
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and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of Elohim’s people in Light.
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Ephesians 1:11 Acts 20:32 Acts 26:18 Ephesians 5:20 Colossians 3:15 Ephesians 1:18 Revelation 21:23 Daniel 2:23 Isaiah 60:19-20 Ephesians 5:4 1 Peter 1:2-5 Proverbs 16:1 1 Corinthians 8:6 Psalm 107:21-22 1 Chronicles 29:20 Psalm 116:7 1 John 3:1-3 John 14:6 Revelation 22:5 Hebrews 12:23 Psalm 36:9 Colossians 3:17 1 Kings 6:7 Proverbs 4:18 2 Corinthians 5:5 Ephesians 4:6 1 Peter 5:1 John 20:17 Matthew 25:34 Revelation 22:14 Romans 15:27 Ephesians 3:6 John 4:23 1 Corinthians 9:23 Psalm 79:13 1 John 1:3 James 3:9 Romans 8:29-30 Psalm 97:11 Hebrews 3:14 Romans 11:17 Romans 9:23 Romans 8:17 Titus 2:14 Colossians 2:2 Hebrews 3:1 -
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It is who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
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Acts 26:18 Titus 3:3-6 1 Thessalonians 2:12 1 Peter 2:9 Ephesians 6:12 1 John 3:14 Romans 14:17 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 2 Peter 1:11 Daniel 7:13-14 Ephesians 5:8 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 Luke 22:53 Ephesians 1:6 Romans 6:17-22 2 Corinthians 4:4 Matthew 3:17 1 Corinthians 15:23-25 1 John 3:8 Zechariah 9:9 John 12:31-32 Ephesians 4:18 Matthew 12:29-30 Isaiah 9:6-7 Matthew 25:34 Hebrews 2:14 Psalm 2:6-7 Isaiah 42:1 John 3:35 Isaiah 49:24-25 Isaiah 53:12 Ephesians 2:3-10 1 John 2:8 Luke 13:24 John 17:24 John 5:24 Matthew 17:5 -
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in whom we have our redemption—the forgiveness of our sins.
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Ephesians 1:7 Romans 3:24-25 Acts 13:38-39 Hebrews 9:22 Matthew 20:28 1 Peter 1:19-20 Colossians 3:13 1 John 2:2 Revelation 5:9 Ephesians 4:32 Romans 4:6-8 Hebrews 9:12 Psalm 130:4 Titus 2:14 Acts 20:28 Luke 7:47-50 1 Timothy 2:6 Luke 5:20 1 John 2:12 1 Peter 3:18 1 John 1:9 Acts 10:43 Psalm 32:1-2 Acts 26:18 Revelation 1:5 Revelation 14:4 Colossians 2:13 Ephesians 5:2 Acts 2:38 Galatians 3:13 Hebrews 10:12-14 -
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is the visible representation of the invisible , the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.
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Hebrews 1:3 John 14:9 2 Corinthians 4:4 John 1:14 John 1:1 John 1:18 Revelation 3:14 Philippians 2:6 Romans 8:29 1 Timothy 1:17 2 Corinthians 4:6 Ezekiel 1:26-28 Colossians 1:16-17 Hebrews 1:6 1 Timothy 6:16 Psalm 89:27 Colossians 1:13 Proverbs 8:29-31 John 15:24 John 3:16 Hebrews 11:27 Exodus 24:10 -
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For in Him was created the universe of things in and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers—all were created, and exist through and for Him.
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Romans 11:36 John 1:3 1 Corinthians 8:6 Isaiah 44:24 Ephesians 1:10 Hebrews 1:2 Hebrews 2:10 1 Chronicles 29:11 Proverbs 16:4 Hebrews 1:10-12 Psalm 102:25-27 Ephesians 3:9-10 Colossians 2:15 Colossians 1:15 Colossians 2:10 Ephesians 6:12 Colossians 1:20 Hebrews 3:3-4 1 Peter 3:22 Isaiah 43:21 Revelation 5:13-14 Ephesians 1:20-21 Romans 8:38 Philippians 2:10 Deuteronomy 4:39 Isaiah 40:9-12 - 17 And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.
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Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.
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Revelation 1:5 Ephesians 1:22-23 Acts 26:23 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 Matthew 28:18 Ephesians 4:15-16 1 Corinthians 11:3 John 1:27 Revelation 1:18 Revelation 21:6 1 Corinthians 15:25 Revelation 22:13 Revelation 3:14 John 11:25-26 Revelation 5:9-13 Ephesians 5:23 Hebrews 1:5-6 Psalm 89:27 Revelation 1:8 Revelation 11:15 Colossians 1:24 John 3:29-31 Matthew 23:8 Isaiah 52:13 Romans 8:29 John 3:34-35 John 1:16 Revelation 21:23-24 1 John 1:1 Colossians 2:10-14 Ephesians 1:10 John 1:1 Psalm 45:2-5 Song of Solomon 5:10 - 19 For it was the Father’s gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.
- 20 And purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making through His , which was shed upon the Cross—to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.
- 21 And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,
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if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to as your foundation, without ever shifting from your that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I have been appointed to .
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Hebrews 3:14 Colossians 1:5-6 Matthew 24:13-14 Romans 10:18 Hebrews 3:6 Acts 2:5 Hebrews 10:38 Acts 14:22 Galatians 6:9 Revelation 2:10 1 Thessalonians 3:5 Mark 16:15 Ephesians 3:17 2 Corinthians 3:6 Colossians 1:25 Luke 22:32 John 15:9-10 Luke 8:13-15 1 Peter 1:5 John 15:6 John 8:30-32 1 John 3:1-3 Psalm 125:5 Ezekiel 18:26 Colossians 2:7 Matthew 7:24-25 Titus 3:7 Ephesians 4:16 1 Corinthians 3:5 Acts 4:12 Acts 11:23 Acts 26:16 1 Timothy 1:12 1 Timothy 2:7 2 Timothy 4:5-6 Ephesians 2:21 Acts 1:17 Hebrews 4:14 Galatians 4:11 Deuteronomy 4:19 2 Corinthians 4:1 Ephesians 1:18 Acts 20:24 Luke 6:48 1 John 2:27 2 Thessalonians 2:16 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 Ephesians 3:7-8 Galatians 5:5 Hosea 6:3-4 Psalm 92:13-14 Hebrews 6:19 2 Corinthians 11:23 1 Corinthians 4:1-3 Acts 1:25 Romans 15:16 Galatians 5:7 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Romans 2:7 Deuteronomy 2:25 Zephaniah 1:6 2 Corinthians 6:1 2 Peter 2:18-22 Romans 5:5 1 Peter 1:3 1 Thessalonians 3:3 Lamentations 3:66 1 Corinthians 15:58 2 Timothy 1:11-12 - 24 Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Messiah’s afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.
- 25 I have been appointed to the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver Elohim’s Message—
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the which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people,
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to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of for the Gentile world is implied in this —the that ‘ is in you, the of .’
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Romans 8:10 John 14:20 Ephesians 3:16-17 Revelation 3:20 1 Timothy 1:1 Ephesians 1:17-18 1 Corinthians 3:16 1 John 4:4 Galatians 2:20 Romans 9:23 2 Corinthians 4:6 Ephesians 2:22 Colossians 2:3 Colossians 3:11 Matthew 13:11 John 14:17 2 Corinthians 2:14 Galatians 4:19 Luke 17:21 John 6:56 Ephesians 1:7 1 Peter 1:3-4 John 17:26 Galatians 1:15-16 2 Corinthians 4:17 Romans 5:2 Ephesians 3:8-10 Romans 8:18-19 John 14:23 Colossians 1:5 John 15:2-5 Romans 11:33 Philippians 4:19 2 Corinthians 6:16 1 Corinthians 2:12-14 John 17:22-23 Psalm 16:9-11 -
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Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into Elohim’s presence, made through .
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Ephesians 4:11-13 Ephesians 5:27 2 Timothy 2:24-25 Matthew 5:48 Colossians 1:22 Jeremiah 3:15 1 Corinthians 2:6 1 Corinthians 2:15 1 Thessalonians 5:12-14 Acts 20:31 2 Corinthians 10:14 Ecclesiastes 12:9 Ezekiel 3:17-21 1 Corinthians 12:8 Matthew 28:20 Acts 13:38 Romans 16:25 Mark 6:34 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 Corinthians 4:14 Acts 17:18 Jeremiah 6:10 2 Corinthians 4:5 Matthew 3:7 Ephesians 3:8 Acts 8:35 1 Corinthians 1:30 Hebrews 13:21 Acts 9:20 Deuteronomy 4:5 Luke 21:15 Acts 17:3 2 Corinthians 11:2 Proverbs 8:5 Philippians 1:15-18 1 Corinthians 15:12 Ezekiel 7:10 Acts 5:42 Acts 8:5 1 Timothy 3:2 Acts 10:36 Colossians 2:10 Hebrews 10:14 Ezekiel 33:4-9 Colossians 3:16 Acts 11:20 Acts 3:20 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Acts 20:27-28 2 Peter 3:15 1 Timothy 3:16 -
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To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.
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Ephesians 1:19 1 Corinthians 15:10 Colossians 2:1 Colossians 4:12 Ephesians 3:7 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 1 Thessalonians 2:9 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Ephesians 3:20 Philippians 1:30 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 1 Corinthians 12:11 Romans 15:20 Hebrews 12:4 2 Timothy 2:10 2 Corinthians 6:5 Philippians 2:13 2 Corinthians 5:9 2 Corinthians 13:3 Romans 15:30 Hebrews 13:21 Philippians 1:27 2 Corinthians 11:23 Philippians 2:16 Luke 13:24 Revelation 2:3 1 Corinthians 12:6