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Murdock New Testament (Peshitta)Berean Standard Bible

1. Greetings from Paul and Timothy

   (Philippians 1:1–2; Philemon 1:1–3)

2. 1MURPAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, and Timothy a brother,BSBBSB: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
3. 2MURto them who are at Colosse, the brethren, holy and believing in Jesus the Messiah: peace be with you, and grace from God our Father.BSBBSB: To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

4. Thanksgiving and Prayer

   (1 Corinthians 1:4–9; Philippians 1:3–11)

5. 3MURWe give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, at all times, and pray for you;BSBBSB: We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
6. 4MURlo, ever since we heard of your faith in Jesus the Messiah, and of your love to all the saints;BSBBSB: because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
7. 5MURbecause of the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of truth of the gospel;BSBBSB: the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
8. 6MURwhich is announced to you, as also to all the world; and which groweth and yieldeth fruits, as it doth also among you from the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in reality:BSBBSB: that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
9. 7MURas ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of the Messiah;BSBBSB: You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
10. 8MURand who hath made known to us your love in the Spirit.BSBBSB: and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
11. 9MURTherefore we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray for you; and to ask that ye may be filled with a knowledge of the good pleasure of God, in all wisdom, and in all spiritual understanding;BSBBSB: For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
12. 10MURthat ye may walk as is right, and may please God with all good works, and may yield fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God;BSBBSB: so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
13. 11MURand may be strengthened with all strength, according to the greatness of his glory, in all patience and long suffering;BSBBSB: being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
14. 12MURand may, with joy, give thanks to God the Father, who hath fitted us for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;BSBBSB: giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
15. 13MURand hath rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son;BSBBSB: He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
16. 14MURby whom we have redemption and remission of sins:BSBBSB: in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

17. The Supremacy of the Son

    (Hebrews 1:1–14)

18. 15MURwho is the likeness of the invisible God, and the first-born of all creatures:BSBBSB: The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
19. 16MURand by him was created every thing that is in heaven and on earth, all that is seen and all that is unseen, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or sovereignties; every thing was through him, and was created by him:BSBBSB: For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
20. 17MURand he was prior to all, and by him every thing exists.BSBBSB: He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
21. 18MURAnd he is the head of the body the church; as he is the head and first-born from among the dead, that he might be the first in all things.BSBBSB: And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
22. 19MURFor it pleased the Father, that in him all fullness should dwell;BSBBSB: For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
23. 20MURand by him, to reconcile all things to himself; and through him, he hath pacified, with the blood of his cross, both those on earth and those in heaven.BSBBSB: and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
24. 21MURAnd also to you, who were before alienated and enemies in your minds, because of your evil deeds,BSBBSB: Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
25. 22MURto you, he hath now given peace, by the body of his flesh, and by his death; that he might establish you in his presence, holy, without blemish, and without offence;BSBBSB: But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
26. 23MURprovided ye continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and ye be not removed from the hope of the gospel; of which ye have heard, that it is proclaimed in all the creation beneath heaven; of which gospel I Paul am a minister.BSBBSB: if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

27. Paul’s Suffering for the Church

    (2 Corinthians 11:16–33)

28. 24MURAnd I rejoice in the sufferings which are for your sakes; and, in my flesh, I fill up the deficiency in the afflictions of the Messiah, in behalf of his body, which is the church;BSBBSB: Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
29. 25MURof which I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me among you, that I should fulfill the word of God,BSBBSB: I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
30. 26MURnamely, that mystery, which was hidden for ages and generations, but is now revealed to his saints;BSBBSB: the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
31. 27MURto whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which mystery is the Messiah; who in you is the hope of our glory;BSBBSB: To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
32. 28MURwhom we proclaim, and teach and make known to every man, in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Jesus the Messiah.BSBBSB: We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
33. 29MURAnd for this also, I toil and strive, with the aid of the strength that is imparted to me.BSBBSB: To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

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