CODEX
SINAITICUS: The New Testament translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript
Discovered by Constantine
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Copyright ©2004 Jackson H.
Snyder II
PAUL TO
THE COLOSSIANS
Colossians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of
Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy the brother,
2 to
the saints that are in
3 We thank God the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 since we heard of your
faith in Christ Jesus and the love you have for all the saints,
5 because of the hope
that is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word
of the truth of the gospel,
6 which is present among
you, as also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit and increasing as
also among you, from the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth:
7 as you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who' is faithful in
behalf of you, a minister of Christ,
8 who also made known to
us your love in the Spirit.
9 Wherefore we also,
from the day we heard, cease not to pray for you and to ask that you may be
filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding,
10 so that you walk in a
manner worthy of the Lord, to all pleasing, in every good work bringing forth
fruit and increasing in the knowledge of God,
11 in all power made
powerful according to the might of his glory for all patience and
longsuffering, with joy,
12 giving thanks to the
Father who made us fit for the portion of the inheritance of the saints in
light,
13 who delivered us from
the authority of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his
love,
14 in whom we have
redemption, the remission of sins,
15 who is the image of
the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature,
16 for in him were all
things created that are in the heavens and that are on the earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or lordships, or principalities or authorities: all
things have been created through him and for him,
17 and he is before all
things, and all things in him consist;
18 and he is the head of
the body, and the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he himself might become in all things
pre-eminent;
19 for he was well
pleased that all the fulness should dwell in him
20 and through him to
reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his
cross, through him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens;
21 and you being
formerly alienated and enemies in mind in the wicked works, now, however, he
has reconciled
22 in the body of his
flesh through death, to present you holy and without fault and blameless in his
presence;
23 if indeed you
continue in faith founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the
gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature that is under
heaven, of which I Paul became a minister.
24 Now I rejoice in
sufferings for you, and, in your stead, I fill up that which remains of the
afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church,
25 of which I became a
minister according to the dispensation of God, which was given to me for you to
fulfil the word of God,
26 the mystery that
having been hid from the ages and from the generations, now, however, has been
made manifest to his saints,
27 to whom God wished to
make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles,
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
28 whom we announce,
admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present
every man perfect in Christ;
29 for which I also
labor, striving according to his energy that is active in me in power.
Colossians 2
1 For I wish you to know
how great a conflict I have for you and those in
2 that their hearts may
be comforted, they being knit together in love, and for all the riches of the
full assurance of understanding, for the acknowledgment of the mystery of God,
3 in which are laid up
all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.
4 But this I say , that no one may beguile you with persuasive words.
5 For though in the
flesh I am absent, yet in the spirit I am with you, rejoicing and I beholding
your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As therefore you
received Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk,
7 rooted and builded up in him and strengthened in the faith as you were
taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
8 Take care that there
shall be no one that leads you astray through philosophy and vain deceit,
according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and
not according to Christ,
9 for in him dwells all
the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
10 and you are complete
in him, who is the head of all principality and authority,
11 in whom you were also
circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the putting off of the
body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,
12 having been buried
with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in
the energy of God who raised him from the dead;
13 and you being dead in
the offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he
made alive together with him, having forgiven us all offenses;
14 having blotted out
the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was opposed to us, he
also took it out of the midst, having nailed it to the cross:
15 after spoiling
principalities and authorities, he made a show of them openly, having triumphed
over them in it.
16 Let no one therefore
judge you in eating or in drinking or in respect of a feast or of a new moon or
of sabbaths,
17 which are a shadow of
things to come, but the body of Christ is the substance.
18 Let no one deprive
you of your reward by delighting in humility and worship of angels, intruding
into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his
flesh,
19 and not holding the
head, from whom all the body, through joints and bands, having nourishment,
ministered and being knit together, increases with the increase of God.
20 If you die with
Christ from the rudiments of the world, why as living in the world are you
subject to dogmas, —
21 Touch not, neither
taste nor handle, —
22
which things are all to perish in the using, according to the commandments and
teachings of men.
23 And these have indeed
a show of wisdom in will-worship and humility and austerity of the body, not in
any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.
Colossians 3
1 If then you were
raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at
the right hand of God:
2 think of things that
are above, not of things that are on the earth.
3 For you died, and your
life has been hid with Christ in God:
4 when Christ, our life,
shall be made manifest, then shall you also be made manifest with him in glory.
5 Put to death therefore
your members that are on the earth, lewdness, uncleanness, passion, evil
desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
6 because of which
things comes the wrath of God;
7 in which you also
walked formerly when you lived in them;
8 but now do you also
put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your
mouth:
9 lie
not one to another, as you have put off the old man with his deeds,
10 and have put on the
new, that is renewed for knowledge according to the image of him that created
him,
11 where there is not
Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,
barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman, but Christ is all and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as
the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, kindness, lowliness of
mind, meekness, longsuffering,
13 bearing with one
another and forgiving one another, if any one have a quarrel with any, as
Christ also forgave you, so also do you;
14 but over all these
put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of
Christ reign in your hearts, to which you were also called in one body, and
become thankful.
16 Let the word of
Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing each other,
in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in gratitude singing in your heart to God;
17 and
everything whatever you do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
18 Wives, be subject to
your husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your
wives, and be not bitter against them.
20 ChiLdren,
obey your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not
your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey in all
things your masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service, as pleasing
men, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
23 Whatever you do, work
from the soul as to the Lord, and not to men,
24 knowing that from the
Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ;
25 for he that does
wrong shall receive for the wrong that he has done, and there is no respect of
per sons.
Colossians 4
1 Masters, give to your
servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in
heaven,
2 Persevere in prayer,
watching in it in thanksgiving,
3 praying at the same
time also for us, that God would open for us a door of the word to speak the
mystery of Christ, for which I also have been It bound,
4 that I may make it
manifest as I ought to speak.
5 Walk in wisdom toward
those who are without, redeeming the time.
6 Let your speech be
always in grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know of how you ought to
answer every one.
7 All things that
concern me will Tychicus, the beloved brother and to
faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord, make known to you,
8 whom I sent to you for
this very purpose, that he may know your state, and comfort your hearts,
9 and Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is of you;
they will make known all things here.
10 Aristarchus,
my fellow-prisoner, salutes you, and so does Mark, the nephew of Barnabas,
concerning whom you received commandments, —if he come to you, receive him,—
11 and Jesus who is
called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only are my fellow-workers
for the
12 Epaphras,
who is of you, salutes you, a servant of Christ Jesus, always striving for you
in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in
all the will of God.
13 For I testify for him
that he has great travail for you and for those in
14 Luke, the beloved
physician, salutes you, and Demas.
15 Salute the brethren
in
16 And when the epistle
has been read among you, cause that it be read also in
the church of the Laodiceans, and see that you also
read that from
17 And say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which thou hast
received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
18 The salutation of
Paul with my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be
with you.