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¶ Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by y e will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

To the saints and faithfull brethren in Christ, which are at Colosse, grace be vnto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Iesus Christ.

We giue thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, praying alwayes for you,

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of the loue which yee haue to all the Saints,

As yee also learned of Epaphras our deare felow seruant, who is for you a faithfull Minister of Christ:

Who now reioyce in my sufferings for you, and fill vp that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,

To whom God would make knowen what is the riches of the glory of this mysterie among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

1611 marginal noteOr, amongst you.

Whom we preach, warning euery man, and teaching euery man in all wisedome, that we may present euery man perfect in Christ Iesus.

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in loue, and vnto all riches of the full assurance of vnderstanding, to the acknowledgement of the mysterie of God, and of the Father, and of Christ,

For though I bee absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, ioying and beholding your order, and the stedfastnesse of your faith in Christ.