Colossians 11ColossiansChrist above allTyndale New Testament

Tyndale New TestamentBerean Standard Bible

1. Greetings from Paul and Timothy

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

2. 1TNTPaul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the wyll of God and brother Timotheus.BSBBSB: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
3. 2TNTTo the sayntes which are at Colossa and brethren that beleve in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.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. 3TNTWe geve thankes to God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ alwayes prayenge for youBSBBSB: We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
6. 4TNTsence we hearde of youre faith which ye have in Christ Iesu and of the love which ye beare to all sayntesBSBBSB: because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—
7. 5TNTfor the hopes sake which is layde vp in store for you in heven of which hope ye have herde before by the true worde of the gospellBSBBSB: 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. 6TNTwhich is come vnto you even as it is in to all the worlde and is frutefull as it is amonge you from the fyrst daye in the which ye herde of it and had experiece in the grace of God in the truethBSBBSB: 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. 7TNTas ye learned of Epaphra oure deare felowe servaunt which is for you a faythfull minister of ChristBSBBSB: You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
10. 8TNTwhich also declared vnto vs youre love which ye have in the sprete.BSBBSB: and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
11. 9TNTFor this cause we also sence the daye we herde of it have not ceasyd prayinge for you and desyringeBSBBSB: 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. 10TNTthat ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdome and spretuall vnderstodynge that ye myght walke worthy of the lorde in all thynges that please beynge frutfull in all good workes and encreasynge in the knowledge of GodBSBBSB: 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. 11TNTstrengthed with all myght thorowe hys glorious power vnto all pacience and longe sufferynge with ioyfulnesBSBBSB: being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
14. 12TNTgevynge thankes vnto the father which hath made vs mete to be part takers of the enheritaunce of sainctes in light.BSBBSB: giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
15. 13TNTWhich hath delivered vs from the power of dercknes and hath translated vs in to the kyngdome of his dere soneBSBBSB: He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
16. 14TNTin whom we have redempcion thurow his bloud that is to saye the forgevenes of sinnesBSBBSB: in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

17. The Supremacy of the Son

    (Hebrews 1:1–14)

18. 15TNTwhich is the ymage of the invisible god fyrst begotten of all creatures.BSBBSB: The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
19. 16TNTFor by him were all thynges created thynges that are in heven and thynges that are in erth: thynges visible and thynges invisible: whether they be maieste or lordshippe ether rule or power. All thinges are creatyd by hym and in himBSBBSB: 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. 17TNTand he is before all thinges and in him all thynges have their beynge.BSBBSB: He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
21. 18TNTAnd he is the heed of the body that is to wit of the congregacion: he is the begynnynge and fyrst begotten of the deed that in all thynges he might have the preeminence.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. 19TNTFor it pleased the father that in him shuld all fulnes dwellBSBBSB: For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
23. 20TNTand by him to reconcile all thynge vnto him silfe and to set at peace by him thorow the bloud of his crosse both thynges in heven and thynges in erth.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. 21TNTAnd you (which were in tymes past straungers and enymes because youre myndes were set in evyll workes) hath he now reconciliedBSBBSB: Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
25. 22TNTin the body of his flesshe thorowe deeth to make you holy vnblameable and with out faut in his awne syghtBSBBSB: But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
26. 23TNTyf ye continue grounded and stablysshed in the fayth and be not moved awaye from the hope of the gospell wher of ye have herde howe that it is preached amonge all creatures which are vnder heven wher of I Paul am made 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. 24TNTNow ioye I in my soferinges which I suffre for you and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesshe for his bodies sake which is the congregacionBSBBSB: 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. 25TNTwherof I am made a minister acordynge to the ordinaunce of god which ordinaunce was geven me vnto you warde to fulfill the worde of godBSBBSB: I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
30. 26TNTthat mistery hid sence the worlde beganne and sence the begynnynge of generacions: but now is opened to his saynctesBSBBSB: the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
31. 27TNTto whom god wolde make knowen the glorious riches of this mistery amonge the gentyls which riches is Christ in you the hope of gloryBSBBSB: 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. 28TNTwhom we preach warnynge all men and teachinge all men in all wisdome to make all men parfect in Christ Iesu.BSBBSB: We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
33. 29TNTWherin I also laboure and stryve even as farforth as hys workynge worketh in me myghtely.BSBBSB: To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.

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