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NKJ Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle |
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| of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, |
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NKJ Colossians 1:2 To the saints and |
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| faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:3 We give thanks |
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| to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, |
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NKJ Colossians 1:4 since we heard |
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| of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; |
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NKJ Colossians 1:5 because of the hope |
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| which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, |
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NKJ Colossians 1:6 which has come to you, |
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| as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; |
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NKJ Colossians 1:7 as you also learned |
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| from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, |
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NKJ Colossians 1:8 who also declared |
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| to us your love in the Spirit. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:9 For this reason we also, |
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| since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; |
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NKJ Colossians 1:10 that you may walk |
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| worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; |
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NKJ Colossians 1:11 strengthened with |
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| all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; |
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NKJ Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to |
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| the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:13 He has delivered |
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| us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, |
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NKJ Colossians 1:14 in whom we have |
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| redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:15 He is the image |
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| of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:16 For by Him |
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| all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:17 And He is before |
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| all things, and in Him all things consist. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:18 And He is the head |
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| of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:19 For it pleased |
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| the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, |
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NKJ Colossians 1:20 and by Him to reconcile |
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| all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:21 And you, who once |
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| were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled |
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NKJ Colossians 1:22 in the body |
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| of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight -- |
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NKJ Colossians 1:23 if indeed you continue |
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| in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:24 I now rejoice |
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| in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, |
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NKJ Colossians 1:25 of which I became a minister |
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| according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, |
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NKJ Colossians 1:26 the mystery |
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| which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:27 To them God willed |
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| 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. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:28 Him we preach, |
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| warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. |
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NKJ Colossians 1:29 To this end |
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| I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. |
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