King James Version

Colossians 1

Colossians in the King James Version. Each verse number opens that verse. Study, in the row above the verse, opens the Greek, the notes, the other translations, and the connections.

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Open Colossians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
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Open Colossians 1:2

To 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.
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We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
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Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
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Which 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:
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As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
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Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
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For 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;
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That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
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Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
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Translation Note
πρωτότοκος is an adjective, nominative, singular, masculine. Dodson glosses it “first-born, eldest.” It is followed by the genitive πάσης κτίσεως, “of all creation.” The word ἄλλος, “other,” is not in the verse.
The King James Version reads “the firstborn of every creature.” The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) reads “the firstborn of all creation.” Both are renderings of that genitive. The next verse says what was created.
King James Version. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;” Watchtower Online Library

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Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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Translation Note
The Greek twice says τὰ πάντα. πᾶς means “all, the whole, every kind of.” The verse does not contain ἄλλος or ἕτερος.
The King James Version reads “all things” in both clauses. The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) reads “all other things” in both. The word “other” is an English addition. It is not a separate Greek word in this verse.
King James Version. For 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:
New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “because by means of him all other things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All other things have been created through him and for him.” Watchtower Online Library

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For 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:
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Translation Note
The clause is αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν. πάντων and πάντα are forms of πᾶς, “all.” ἄλλος and ἕτερος are not in the verse.
The King James Version reads “he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) inserts “other” in both halves.
King James Version. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “Also, he is before all other things, and by means of him all other things were made to exist,” Watchtower Online Library

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And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
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And 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.
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For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
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And, 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.
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And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
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In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
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If 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;
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Who 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:
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Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
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Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
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To 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:
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Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
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Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

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