that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!

You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave – a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf –

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.