歌罗西书 1
问安
1 奉 神旨意作基督耶稣使徒的保罗，和提摩太弟兄，2 写信给在歌罗西的圣徒，和在基督里忠心的弟兄。愿恩惠平安从我们的父 神临到你们。
为歌罗西信徒感谢 神3 我们为你们祈祷的时候，常常感谢 神我们主耶稣基督的父，4 因为听见你们在基督耶稣里的信心，和对众圣徒的爱心。5 这都是由于那给你们存在天上的盼望，这盼望是你们从前在福音真理的道上听过的。6 这福音传到你们那里，也传到全世界；你们听了福音，因着真理确实认识了 神的恩典之后，这福音就在你们中间不断地结果和增长，在全世界也是一样。7 这福音也就是你们从我们亲爱的、一同作仆人的以巴弗那里学到的。他为你们作了基督忠心的仆役，8 也把你们在圣灵里的爱心告诉了我们。
保罗的祈祷9 因此，我们从听见的那天起，就不停地为你们祷告祈求，愿你们藉着一切属灵的智慧和悟性，可以充分明白 神的旨意，10 使你们行事为人对得起主，凡事蒙他喜悦；在一切善事上多结果子，更加认识 神；11 依照他荣耀的大能得着一切能力，带着喜乐的心，凡事忍耐宽容；12 并且感谢父，他使你们有资格分享圣徒在光明中的基业。13 他救我们脱离了黑暗的权势，把我们迁入他爱子的国里。14 我们在爱子里蒙了救赎，罪得赦免。
基督在万有之上15 这爱子是那看不见的 神的形象，是首先的，在一切被造的之上。16 因为天上地上的万有：看得见的和看不见的，无论是坐王位的，或是作主的，或是执政的，或是掌权的，都是本着他造的；万有都是藉着他，又是为着他而造的。17 他在万有之先；万有也一同靠着他而存在。18 他是身体的头，这身体就是教会。他是元始，是死人中首先复生的，好让他在凡事上居首位；19 因为 神乐意使所有的丰盛都住在爱子里面，20 并且藉着他在十字架上所流的血成就了和平，使万有，无论是地上天上的，都藉着他与 神和好了。21 虽然你们从前也是和 神隔绝，心思上与他为敌，行为邪恶，22 但现今 神在爱子的肉身上，藉着他的死，使你们与 神和好了，为了要把你们这些圣洁、无瑕疵、无可指摘的人，呈献在他面前。23 只是你们要常存信心，根基稳固，不受动摇偏离福音的盼望。这福音你们听过了，也传给了天下万民；我保罗也作了这福音的仆役。
竭力传扬 神的奥祕24 现在我为你们受苦，我觉得喜乐；为了基督的身体，就是为了教会，我要在自己的肉身上，补满基督苦难的不足。25-26 我照着 神为你们而赐给我的管家职分，作了教会的仆役，要把 神的道，就是历世历代隐藏的奥祕，传得完备。现在这奥祕已经向他的众圣徒显明了。27 神愿意使他们知道这奥祕在外族人中有多么荣耀的丰盛，这奥祕就是基督在你们里面成了荣耀的盼望。28 我们传扬他，是用各样的智慧，劝戒各人，教导各人，为了要使各人在基督里得到完全。29 我也为了这事劳苦，按着他用大能在我心中运行的动力，竭力奋斗。
Colossians 1
Salutation
1 From Paul,t an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 to the saints, the faithfult brothers and sisterst in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to yout from God our Father!s
Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church
3 We alwayst give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,4 sincet we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.5 Your faith and love have arisent from the hope laid upt for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospelt6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospelt is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growingt among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.7 You learned the gospelt from Epaphras, our dear fellow slavet – at faithful minister of Christ on ours behalf –
8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church
9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you,t have not ceased praying for you and asking Godt to fillt you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,10 so that you may livet worthily of the Lord and please him in all respectst – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display oft all patience and steadfastness, joyfully12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to sharet in the saints’t inheritance in the light.13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,t
14 in whom we have redemption,s the forgiveness of sins.
The Supremacy of Christ
15 s He is the image of the invisible God, the firstbornt over all creation,t
16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions,t whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
17 He himself is before all things and all things are held togethert in him.
18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstbornt from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.t
19 For Godt was pleased to have all hist fullness dwellt in the Sont
20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him,s whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Paul’s Goal in Ministry
21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in yourt mindst as expressed throught your evil deeds,22 but now he has reconciled youst by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –
23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm,t without shiftingt from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.25 I became a servant of the church according to the stewardshipt from God – given to me for you – in order to completet the word of God,26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.27 God wanted to make known to them the glorioust riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.28 We proclaim him by instructingt and teachingt all peoplet with all wisdom so that we may present every person maturet in Christ.
29 Toward this goalt I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfullyt works in me.
