AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION (ASV 1901) • PUBLIC DOMAIN
Colossians Chapter 1
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ `that are' at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
3We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,
5because 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,
6which 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;
7even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
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 and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
12giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
14in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:
15who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
16for 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;
17and he is before all things, and in 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 was the good pleasure `of the Father' that in him should all the fulness dwell;
20and 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.
21And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
22yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
23if 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.
24Now 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;
25whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
26`even' the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
27to 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:
28whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
29whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
New TestamentPaul’s Letters
4 Chapters TotalColossians
The supreme greatness of Jesus Christ over all creation and spiritual powers.
✝ CHRIST IN COLOSSIANS
Jesus is before all things, and in Him all things hold together (Col 1:17).
“And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 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.”
— Colossians 1:17–18 (ASV) (ASV)EXPOSITORY CHAPTER OUTLINE:
- Col 1–2: The Preeminence of Christ: Fullness of God in Human Form
- Col 3–4: Setting Your Mind on Things Above and Wearing Love
CANONICAL BIBLE INDEX
66 Books of the Bible — Genesis to Revelation
Click any book below to read its complete chapters and expository guide in the American Standard Version (ASV 1901).
📜 OLD TESTAMENT (39 BOOKS)Genesis → Malachi
Genesis50chExodus40chLeviticus27chNumbers36chDeuteronomy34chJoshua24chJudges21chRuth4ch1 Samuel31ch2 Samuel24ch1 Kings22ch2 Kings25ch1 Chronicles29ch2 Chronicles36chEzra10chNehemiah13chEsther10chJob42chPsalms150chProverbs31chEcclesiastes12chSong of Solomon8chIsaiah66chJeremiah52chLamentations5chEzekiel48chDaniel12chHosea14chJoel3chAmos9chObadiah1chJonah4chMicah7chNahum3chHabakkuk3chZephaniah3chHaggai2chZechariah14chMalachi4ch
✝️ NEW TESTAMENT (27 BOOKS)Matthew → Revelation
Matthew28chMark16chLuke24chJohn21chActs28chRomans16ch1 Corinthians16ch2 Corinthians13chGalatians6chEphesians6chPhilippians4chColossians4ch1 Thessalonians5ch2 Thessalonians3ch1 Timothy6ch2 Timothy4chTitus3chPhilemon1chHebrews13chJames5ch1 Peter5ch2 Peter3ch1 John5ch2 John1ch3 John1chJude1chRevelation22ch