1:1 Paulos apostolos [?]Khristou Iesou[?] dia thelematos theou kai Timotheos o adelphos
1:2 tois en rKolossais agiois kai pistois adelphois en Khristo* kharis umin kai eirene apo theou patros remon.
1:3 Eukharistoumen to rtheo patri tou kuriou emon Iesou Khristou pantote rperi umon proseukhomenoi,
1:4 akousantes ten pistin umon en Khristo Iesou kai ten agapen [?]en ekhete[?] eis pantas tous agious
1:5 dia ten elpida ten apokeimenen umin en tois ouranois, en proekousate en to logo tes aletheias tou euaggeliou
1:6 tou parontos eis umas, kathos kai en panti to rkosmo estin karpophoroumenon kai auxanomenon kathos kai en umin, aph' es emeras ekousate kai epegnote ten kharin tou theou en aletheia*
1:7 rkathos emathete apo Epaphra tou agapetou sundoulou emon, os estin pistos uper remon diakonos tou Khristou,
1:8 o kai delosas emin ten umon agapen en pneumati.
1:9 Dia touto kai emeis, aph' es emeras ekousamen, ou pauometha uper umon proseukhomenoi kai aitoumenoi ina plerothete ten epignosin tou thelematos autou en pase sophia kai sunesei pneumatike,
1:10 rperipatesai axios tou kuriou eis pasan areskeian en panti ergo agatho karpophorountes kai auxanomenoi [?]te epignosei[?] tou theou,
1:11 en pase dunamei dunamoumenoi kata to kratos tes doxes autou eis pasan upomonen kai makrothumian meta kharas,
1:12 eukharistountes to patri to ikanosanti rumas eis ten merida tou klerou ton agion en to photi,
1:13 os errusato emas ek tes exousias tou skotous kai metestesen eis ten basileian tou uiou tes agapes autou,
1:14 en o ekhomen ten apolutrosin, ten aphesin ton amartion*
1:15 os estin eikon tou theou tou aoratou, prototokos pases ktiseos,
1:16 oti en auto ektisthe ta rpanta en tois ouranois rkai epi tes ges, ta orata kai ta aorata, eite thronoi eite kuriotetes eite arkhai eite exousiai* ta panta di' autou kai eis auton ektistai*
1:17 kai autos estin pro panton kai ta panta en auto sunesteken,
1:18 kai autos estin e kephale tou somatos tes ekklesias* os restin arkhe, prototokos ek ton nekron, ina genetai en pasin autos proteuon,
1:19 oti en auto eudokesen pan to pleroma katoikesai
1:20 kai di' autou apokatallaxai ta panta eis auton, eirenopoiesas dia tou aimatos tou staurou autou, [?][di' autou][?] eite ta epi tes ges eite ta ren tois ouranois*
1:21 kai umas pote ontas apellotriomenous kai ekhthrous te dianoia en tois ergois tois ponerois--
1:22 nuni de rapokatellagete en to somati tes sarkos autou dia tou thanatou-- parastesai umas agious kai amomous kai anegkletous katenopion autou,
1:23 ei ge epimenete te pistei tethemeliomenoi kai edraioi kai me metakinoumenoi apo tes elpidos tou euaggeliou ou ekousate, tou kerukhthentos en rpase ktisei te upo ton ouranon, ou egenomen ego Paulos diakonos.
1:24 Nun khairo en tois pathemasin uper umon, kai antanaplero ta usteremata ton thlipseon tou Khristou en te sarki mou uper tou somatos autou, o estin e ekklesia,
1:25 es egenomen ego diakonos kata ten oikonomian tou theou ten dotheisan moi eis umas plerosai ton logon tou theou,
1:26 to musterion to apokekrummenon apo ton aionon kai apo ton geneon,-- rnun de ephanerothe tois agiois autou,
1:27 ois ethelesen o theos gnorisai ti to ploutos tes doxes tou musteriou toutou en tois ethnesin, ro estin Khristos en umin, e elpis tes doxes*
1:28 on emeis kataggellomen nouthetountes panta anthropon kai didaskontes panta anthropon en pase sophia, ina parastesomen panta anthropon teleion en rKhristo*
1:29 eis o kai kopio agonizomenos kata ten energeian autou ten energoumenen en emoi en dunamei.
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