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1 Pablo, apóstol de Jesucristo porque Dios así lo quiso, y el hermano Timoteo.
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 A los santos y fieles hermanos en Cristo que están en la ciudad de Colosas: Que Dios nuestro Padre les conceda su amor y su paz.
2 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Cada vez que oramos por ustedes damos gracias a Dios, el Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo,
3 We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4 porque nos han hablado de lo mucho que confían en el Señor y de cuánto amor le tienen al pueblo de Dios.
4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,
5 Ustedes se comportan así motivados por la esperanza de lo que está guardado para ustedes en el cielo. De ello se enteraron por medio del mensaje verdadero del evangelio.
5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News
6 Esas buenas nuevas que escucharon ustedes están dando fruto y creciendo en todo el mundo, como también sucedió entre ustedes mismos desde el día en que escucharon y entendieron la gracia de Dios.
6 which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
7 Epafras, nuestro muy amado colaborador, el que les enseñó el evangelio y en quien tienen ustedes a un fiel servidor de Cristo,
7 even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
8 fue quien nos contó del gran amor hacia los demás que el Espíritu ha puesto en ustedes.
8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
9 Por eso, desde el primer momento que lo supimos, hemos estado orando y pidiendo a Dios que les ayude a entender plenamente la voluntad divina, y que les dé la sabiduría e inteligencia que vienen del Espíritu.
9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
10 Así podrán agradar y honrar al Señor en todo; harán toda clase de buenas obras y conocerán cada día más y mejor a Dios.
10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
11 Además, estarán llenos del grande y glorioso poder divino para perseverar a pesar de las circunstancias adversas;
11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
12 y con gozo darán gracias al Padre, que nos ha capacitado para participar de la herencia que pertenece a los que viven en el reino de la luz.
12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
13 Él nos rescató del reino de las tinieblas y nos trasladó al reino de su Hijo amado,
13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,
14 quien compró nuestra libertad y perdonó nuestros pecados.
14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.
15 Cristo es la imagen misma del Dios invisible, y existe desde antes que Dios comenzara la creación.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
16 Cristo mismo es el creador de cuanto existe en los cielos y en la tierra, de lo visible y de lo invisible, y de todos los seres que tienen poder, autoridad y dominio; todo fue creado por medio de él y para él.
16 For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.
17 Cristo ya existía antes de todas las cosas y, por su poder, todas subsisten.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
18 Él es la cabeza de ese cuerpo suyo que es la iglesia. Él, que es el principio, fue el primero en resucitar, para ser en todo siempre el primero.
18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 Porque Dios quiso que en el Hijo habitara toda su plenitud.
19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,
20 Por medio del Hijo, Dios reconcilió con él todas las cosas, tanto las que están en los cielos como las que están en la tierra. Esa paz la logró Dios por medio de la sangre que Jesús derramó en la cruz.
20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
21 En otro tiempo, ustedes estaban alejados de Dios y eran sus enemigos, debido a sus malos pensamientos y acciones.
21 You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil deeds,
22 Pero ahora él los ha reconciliado por medio de la muerte que Cristo sufrió en su cuerpo, para presentarlos santos, sin mancha ni culpa, ante la misma presencia de Dios.
22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
23 Pero para esto tienen que creer firmemente y no abandonar la esperanza que tienen gracias a las buenas noticias. Estas son las buenas noticias que un día escucharon y que ahora mismo están siendo proclamadas en el mundo entero. Y yo, Pablo, trabajo anunciándolas.
23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
24 Es cierto que estoy sufriendo por ustedes, pero me alegro. Así ayudo a completar lo que falta de los sufrimientos de Cristo por ese cuerpo suyo que es la iglesia.
24 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 assembly,
25 Después de todo, sirvo a la iglesia por comisión divina, que me fue dada para bien de ustedes y con el propósito de revelar el plan divino en todas partes.
25 of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,
26 A través de los siglos y a lo largo de muchas generaciones, ese plan se había mantenido en secreto, pero por fin el Señor ha querido revelarlo a los suyos.
26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
27 A ellos, Dios les dio a conocer la riqueza y la gloria de su plan que, por cierto, beneficia a los gentiles. Y este es el misterio: Cristo está entre ustedes y es su esperanza de gloria.
27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
28 Por eso, adondequiera que vamos hablamos de Cristo, y amonestamos y enseñamos a todos con toda sabiduría. Queremos que cada ser humano sea perfecto como Cristo.
28 We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
29 Esa es mi tarea y lucho para realizarla con toda la fuerza y el poder que Cristo me da.
29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
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Epaphras
A faithful minister of Christ who taught the Colossians, wrestled for them in prayer, and was Paul's fellow prisoner.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Philemon 23
Cross references (29)
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- 1 2 Corinthians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:1; Philemon 1; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; Romans 1:1
- 2 2 Peter 1:2; Ephesians 1:1; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Revelation 1:4
- 3 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:3; Colossians 1:9; Romans 1:8–9; 1 Corinthians 1:4
- 4 Ephesians 1:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:10; Philemon 5
- 5 1 Peter 1:3–4; Ephesians 1:13; 2 Timothy 4:8; Titus 1:2; Colossians 1:27
- 6 John 15:16; Philippians 1:11; Colossians 1:23; 1 Peter 5:12; Romans 10:17–18
- 7 Colossians 4:12; Philemon 23; Hebrews 2:17; Colossians 4:7; Hebrews 3:2
- 8 Romans 15:30; 2 Timothy 1:7; Galatians 5:22; Romans 5:5; Colossians 1:4
- 9 James 3:17; Philippians 1:9–11; James 1:5; Ephesians 1:15–20; Colossians 4:5
- 10 Ephesians 4:1; Hebrews 13:21; 2 Peter 1:2–3; John 15:16; 1 John 3:22
- 11 Ephesians 3:16; Philippians 4:13; Ephesians 6:10; Ephesians 4:2; Romans 5:3–5
- 12 Acts 20:32; Ephesians 1:11; Ephesians 1:18; Acts 26:18; Romans 8:17
- 13 Ephesians 5:8; Acts 26:18; 1 Peter 2:9; Titus 3:3–6; 1 Thessalonians 2:12
- 14 Ephesians 1:7; Romans 3:24–25; 1 Peter 1:19–20; Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 9:22
- 15 Hebrews 1:3; John 14:9; John 1:1; 2 Corinthians 4:4; John 1:18
- 16 Romans 11:36; John 1:3; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 2:10; 1 Chronicles 29:11
- 17 Hebrews 1:3; 1 Corinthians 8:6; John 17:5; John 8:58; John 1:1–3
- 18 Ephesians 1:22–23; Revelation 1:5; Ephesians 4:15–16; 1 Corinthians 15:20–23; Matthew 28:18
- 19 Colossians 2:9; John 1:16; Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 2:3; Colossians 3:11
- 20 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; Ephesians 1:10; 1 John 4:9–10; Ephesians 2:13–17; Colossians 1:21–22
- 21 Ephesians 2:12; Titus 3:3–7; Ephesians 2:1–3; Romans 5:9–10; Ephesians 4:18
- 22 Ephesians 5:27; Ephesians 1:4; Jude 24; Hebrews 10:10; Titus 2:14
- 23 Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 3:6; Matthew 24:13–14; Galatians 6:9; Hebrews 10:38
- 24 Romans 5:3; 2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Corinthians 1:5–8; 2 Timothy 2:9–10; Philippians 3:10
- 25 Ephesians 3:2; Colossians 1:23; Galatians 2:7–8; 2 Timothy 4:2–5; 1 Thessalonians 3:2
- 26 Luke 8:10; Romans 16:25–26; Ephesians 3:3–10; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Matthew 13:11
- 27 John 14:20; Romans 8:10; Ephesians 3:16–17; 1 John 4:4; Galatians 2:20
- 28 Ephesians 5:27; Jeremiah 3:15; Ephesians 4:11–13; Matthew 5:48; Colossians 3:16
- 29 1 Corinthians 15:10; Ephesians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 9:25–27; Ephesians 3:7; Philippians 2:13
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Holy indeed are all the Epistles of Paul: but some advantage have those which he sent after he was in bonds: those, for instance, to the Ephesians and Philemon: that to Timothy, that to the Philippians, and the one before us: for this also was sent when he was a prisoner, since he writes in it thus: "for which I …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
This being was endowed with all power by the Father, who placed everything under his authority, the Æons doing so likewise, so that "by him were all things, visible and invisible, created, thrones, divinities, dominions." He then was sent to her along with his contemporary angels.
But yet the Scripture hath not declared that God made this formlessness, any more than it hath declared many other things; as the Cherubim,' and Seraphim,' and those of which the apostle distinctly speaks, Thrones,' Dominions,' Principalities,' Powers,' all of which it is manifest God made.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For in proof that He meant this, and that before the taking of Jerusalem the gospel was preached, hear what Paul saith, "Their sound went into all the earth;" and again, "The gospel which was preached to every creature which is under Heaven." And seest thou him running from Jerusalem unto Spain?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… bodies: One the Creator of heaven and earth, the Maker of Angels and Archangels: of many the Creator, but of One only the Father before all ages,--of One only, His Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom He made all things visible and invisible.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)