Colossians 1
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
1Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater:
2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2eis, qui sunt Colossis, sanctis, et fidelibus fratribus in Christo Jesu.
3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
3Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo. Gratias agimus Deo, et Patri Domini nostri Jesu Christi semper pro vobis orantes:
4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
4audientes fidem vestram in Christo Jesu, et dilectionem quam habetis in sanctos omnes
5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
5propter spem, quæ reposita est vobis in cælis: quam audistis in verbo veritatis Evangelii:
6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it , and knew the grace of God in truth:
6quod pervenit ad vos, sicut et in universo mundo est, et fructificat, et crescit sicut in vobis, ex ea die, qua audistis, et cognovistis gratiam Dei in veritate,
7As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
7sicut didicistis ab Epaphra carissimo conservo nostro, qui est fidelis pro vobis minister Christi Jesu,
8Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
8qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in spiritu.
9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it , do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
9Ideo et nos ex qua die audivimus, non cessamus pro vobis orantes, et postulantes ut impleamini agnitione voluntatis ejus, in omni sapientia et intellectu spiritali:
10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
10ut ambuletis digne Deo per omnia placentes: in omni opere bono fructificantes, et crescentes in scientia Dei:
11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
11in omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatis ejus, in omni patientia et longanimitate cum gaudio,
12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
12gratias agentes Deo Patri, qui dignos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctorum in lumine:
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
13qui eripuit nos de potestate tenebrarum, et transtulit in regnum filii dilectionis suæ,
14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
14in quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem ejus, remissionem peccatorum:
15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
15qui est imago Dei invisibilis, primogenitus omnis creaturæ:
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:
16quoniam in ipso condita sunt universa in cælis, et in terra, visibilia, et invisibilia, sive throni, sive dominationes, sive principatus, sive potestates: omnia per ipsum et in ipso creata sunt:
17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
17et ipse est ante omnes, et omnia in ipso constant.
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.
18Et ipse est caput corporis Ecclesiæ, qui est principium, primogenitus ex mortuis: ut sit in omnibus ipse primatum tenens:
19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
19quia in ipso complacuit, omnem plenitudinem inhabitare:
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.
20et per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum, pacificans per sanguinem crucis ejus, sive quæ in terris, sive quæ in cælis sunt.
21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
21Et vos cum essetis aliquando alienati, et inimici sensu in operibus malis:
22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
22nunc autem reconciliavit in corpore carnis ejus per mortem, exhibere vos sanctos, et immaculatos, et irreprehensibiles coram ipso:
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;
23si tamen permanetis in fide fundati, et stabiles, et immobiles a spe Evangelii, quod audistis, quod prædicatum est in universa creatura, quæ sub cælo est, cujus factus sum ego Paulus 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 body’s sake, which is the church:
24Qui nunc gaudeo in passionibus pro vobis, et adimpleo ea quæ desunt passionem Christi, in carne mea pro corpore ejus, quod est Ecclesia:
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;
25cujus factus sum ego minister secundum dispensationem Dei, quæ data est mihi in vos, ut impleam verbum Dei:
26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
26mysterium, quod absconditum fuit a sæculis, et generationibus, nunc autem manifestatum est sanctis ejus,
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:
27quibus voluit Deus notas facere divitias gloriæ sacramenti hujus in gentibus, quod est Christus, in vobis spes gloriæ,
28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
28quem nos annuntiamus, corripientes omnem hominem, et docentes omnem hominem, in omni sapientia, ut exhibeamus omnem hominem perfectum in Christo Jesu:
29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
29in quo et laboro, certando secundum operationem ejus, quam operatur in me in virtute.
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