Christ

…as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

…in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

…which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

…made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

…in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

…remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

…built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...

In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

…according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

…so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

…of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

…to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

…to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

…until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

But this is not the way you came to know Christ.

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

…and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

…always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

…being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

…so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

…filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.

What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

…because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

…so that through my coming to you again your exultation in Christ Jesus will resound on account of me.

Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending together as one for the faith of the gospel,

For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

…and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

…as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

…because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

…and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

…because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—

You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

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.

We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

…that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:

Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.