Colossenes 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater:
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2eis, qui sunt Colossis, sanctis, et fidelibus fratribus in Christo Jesu.
2to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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:
3We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4audientes fidem vestram in Christo Jesu, et dilectionem quam habetis in sanctos omnes
4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,
5propter spem, quæ reposita est vobis in cælis: quam audistis in verbo veritatis Evangelii:
5because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News
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,
6which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
7sicut didicistis ab Epaphra carissimo conservo nostro, qui est fidelis pro vobis minister Christi Jesu,
7even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
8qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in spiritu.
8who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
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:
9For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10ut ambuletis digne Deo per omnia placentes: in omni opere bono fructificantes, et crescentes in scientia Dei:
10that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
11in omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatis ejus, in omni patientia et longanimitate cum gaudio,
11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
12gratias agentes Deo Patri, qui dignos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctorum in lumine:
12giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
13qui eripuit nos de potestate tenebrarum, et transtulit in regnum filii dilectionis suæ,
13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,
14in quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem ejus, remissionem peccatorum:
14in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.
15qui est imago Dei invisibilis, primogenitus omnis creaturæ:
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
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:
16For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.
17et ipse est ante omnes, et omnia in ipso constant.
17He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
18Et ipse est caput corporis Ecclesiæ, qui est principium, primogenitus ex mortuis: ut sit in omnibus ipse primatum tenens:
18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19quia in ipso complacuit, omnem plenitudinem inhabitare:
19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
20et per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum, pacificans per sanguinem crucis ejus, sive quæ in terris, sive quæ in cælis sunt.
20and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
21Et vos cum essetis aliquando alienati, et inimici sensu in operibus malis:
21You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,
22nunc autem reconciliavit in corpore carnis ejus per mortem, exhibere vos sanctos, et immaculatos, et irreprehensibiles coram ipso:
22yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
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.
23if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
24Qui nunc gaudeo in passionibus pro vobis, et adimpleo ea quæ desunt passionem Christi, in carne mea pro corpore ejus, quod est Ecclesia:
24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,
25cujus factus sum ego minister secundum dispensationem Dei, quæ data est mihi in vos, ut impleam verbum Dei:
25of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,
26mysterium, quod absconditum fuit a sæculis, et generationibus, nunc autem manifestatum est sanctis ejus,
26the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
27quibus voluit Deus notas facere divitias gloriæ sacramenti hujus in gentibus, quod est Christus, in vobis spes gloriæ,
27to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
28quem nos annuntiamus, corripientes omnem hominem, et docentes omnem hominem, in omni sapientia, ut exhibeamus omnem hominem perfectum in Christo Jesu:
28We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
29in quo et laboro, certando secundum operationem ejus, quam operatur in me in virtute.
29for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
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