Colossians 1
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2To 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.
3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6Which 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:
7As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
8Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9For 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;
10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16For 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:
17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18And 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.
19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20And, 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.
21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23If 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;
24Who 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:
25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27To 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:
28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG3588106× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- καίkaíG253236× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- ἐνenG172231× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- αὐτόςautósG84621× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- πᾶςpâsG395620× in this chapter
all, any, every, the whole
- ὅςhósG373917× in this chapter
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
- σύsýG477116× in this chapter
thou
- εἰςeisG151911× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- μέméG316510× in this chapter
me
- διάdiáG12239× in this chapter
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- εἰμίeimíG15109× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- θεόςtheósG23169× in this chapter
figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
- ΧριστόςChristósG55479× in this chapter
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
- ἀπόapóG5757× in this chapter
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
- εἴτεeíteG15356× in this chapter
if too
- ἸησοῦςIēsoûsG24245× in this chapter
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
- ἅγιοςhágiosG405× in this chapter
sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
- ἀκούωakoúōG1914× in this chapter
to hear (in various senses)
- οὐρανόςouranósG37724× in this chapter
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
- ὑπέρhypérG52284× in this chapter
"over", i.e. (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case superior to, more than
- γίνομαιgínomaiG10963× in this chapter
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
- διάκονοςdiákonosG12493× in this chapter
an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess)
- δόξαdóxaG13913× in this chapter
glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
- ἐγώegṓG14733× in this chapter
I, me
- ἐλπίςelpísG16803× in this chapter
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
- ἵναhínaG24433× in this chapter
compare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
- καθώςkathṓsG25313× in this chapter
just (or inasmuch) as, that
- κατάkatáG25963× in this chapter
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
- ἀγάπηagápēG263× in this chapter
love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
- κύριοςkýriosG29623× in this chapter
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
- πατήρpatḗrG39623× in this chapter
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
- ἄνθρωποςánthrōposG4443× in this chapter
from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)); man-faced, i.e. a human being
- σῶμαsōmaG49833× in this chapter
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
- γῆgēG10932× in this chapter
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
- δέdéG11612× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- αἷμαhaîmaG1292× in this chapter
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
- δύναμιςdýnamisG14112× in this chapter
force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)
- ἐκekG15372× in this chapter
literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- ἐκκλησίαekklēsíaG15772× in this chapter
a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both)
- ἐξουσίαexousíaG18492× in this chapter
privilege, i.e. (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence