1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,
2. to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
3. We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,
4. having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that [is] to all the saints,
5. because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,
6. which is present to you, as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit, as also in you, from the day in which ye heard, and knew the grace of God in truth;
7. as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,
8. who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.
9. Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,