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1:1
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奉神旨意，作基督耶稣使徒的保罗和兄弟提摩太
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
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1:2
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写信给歌罗西的圣徒，在基督里有忠心的弟兄。愿恩惠、平安从神我们的父归与你们！
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To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
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1:3
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我们感谢神、我们主耶稣基督的父，常常为你们祷告；
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We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
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1:4
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因听见你们在基督耶稣里的信心，并向众圣徒的爱心，
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having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,
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1:5
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是为那给你们存在天上的盼望；这盼望就是你们从前在福音真理的道上所听见的。
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because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
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1:6
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这福音传到你们那里，也传到普天之下，并且结果，增长，如同在你们中间，自从你们听见福音，真知道神恩惠的日子一样。
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which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
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1:7
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正如你们从我们所亲爱、一同作仆人的以巴弗所学的。他为我们（有古卷：你们）作了基督忠心的执事，
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even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
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1:8
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也把你们因圣灵所存的爱心告诉了我们。
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who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
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1:9
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因此，我们自从听见的日子，也就为你们不住的祷告祈求，愿你们在一切属灵的智慧悟性上，满心知道神的旨意；
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For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
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1:10
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好叫你们行事为人对得起主，凡事蒙他喜悦，在一切善事上结果子，渐渐的多知道神；
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to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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1:11
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照他荣耀的权能，得以在各样的力上加力，好叫你们凡事欢欢喜喜的忍耐宽容；
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strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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1:12
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又感谢父，叫我们能与众圣徒在光明中同得基业。
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giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
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1:13
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他救了我们脱离黑暗的权势，把我们迁到他爱子的国里；
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who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
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1:14
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我们在爱子里得蒙救赎，罪过得以赦免。
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in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:
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1:15
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爱子是那不能看见之神的像，是首生的，在一切被造的以先。
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who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
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1:16
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因为万有都是靠他造的，无论是天上的，地上的；能看见的，不能看见的；或是有位的，主治的，执政的，掌权的；一概都是借着他造的，又是为他造的。
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for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
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1:17
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他在万有之先；万有也靠他而立。
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and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
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1:18
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他也是教会全体之首。他是元始，是从死里首先复生的，使他可以在凡事上居首位。
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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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1:19
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因为父喜欢叫一切的丰盛在他里面居住。
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For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;
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1:20
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既然借着他在十字架上所流的血成就了和平，便借着他叫万有，无论是地上的、天上的都与自己和好了。
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and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.
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1:21
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你们从前与神隔绝，因着恶行，心里与他为敌。
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And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
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1:22
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但如今他借着基督的肉身受死，叫你们与自己和好，都成了圣洁，没有瑕疵，无可责备，把你们引到自己面前。
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yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
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1:23
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只要你们在所信的道上恒心，根基稳固，坚定不移，不至被引动失去﹝原文作离开﹞福音的盼望。这福音就是你们所听过的，也是传与普天下万人听的（原文作凡受造的），我保罗也作了这福音的执事。
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if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
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1:24
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现在我为你们受苦，倒觉欢乐；并且为基督的身体，就是为教会，要在我肉身上补满基督患难的缺欠。
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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body`s sake, which is the church;
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1:25
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我照神为你们所赐我的职分作了教会的执事，要把神的道理传得全备，
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whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
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1:26
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这道理就是历世历代所隐藏的奥秘；但如今向他的圣徒显明了。
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[even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
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1:27
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神愿意叫他们知道，这奥秘在外邦人中有何等丰盛的荣耀，就是基督在你们心里成了有荣耀的盼望。
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to whom God was pleased 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:
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1:28
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我们传扬他，是用诸般的智慧，劝戒各人，教导各人，要把各人在基督里完完全全的引到神面前。
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whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
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1:29
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我也为此劳苦，照着他在我里面运用的大能尽心竭力。
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whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
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