Colossians 1

Paul, an apostle of al-Masih 'Isa through the will of Allah, and Timothy our brother, ²to the saints and faithful brothers[1] in al-Masih at Colossae: As-Salam-u Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah[2] from Allah our Father, and the Lord 'Isa al-Masih.

³We give thanks to Allah the Father of our Lord 'Isa al-Masih, praying always for you. ⁴For we have heard of your faith in al-Masih 'Isa, and of the love which you have toward all the saints, ⁵because 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 Injil. ⁶This Injil has come to you; even as it has 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 Allah in truth. ⁷You learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of al-Masih on our behalf. ⁸He also declared to us your love in the Spirit. ⁹For this reason, we also, since the day we heard this, do not cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of Allah. ¹¹May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, to endure and persevere with joy; ¹²giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. ¹³He delivered us from the power of darkness, and brought us into the Kingdom of his beloved Son. ¹⁴In him we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. ¹⁵He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. ¹⁷He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. ¹⁸He is the head of the body, the ummah. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things he might have the first place. ¹⁹For Allah was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him; ²⁰and 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.

²¹In past times you were alienated and enemies in your mind through your evil works. ²²But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death, to present you holy, without blemish and blameless before him. ²³However, you must continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Injil. This is the Injil you heard and which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

²⁴Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of al-Masih for the sake of his body, which is the ummah. ²⁵I was made its servant through the commission Allah gave me to fully declare his word to you, ²⁶that is, the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints. ²⁷To them Allah was pleased to make known among the nations the glorious riches of this mystery, which is al-Masih in you, the hope of glory. ²⁸Him we proclaim, admonishing and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present them complete in al-Masih 'Isa. ²⁹To this end I labour, striving according to his power, which works in me mightily.