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geneva@Colossians:1:1 @ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the (note:)By the free bountifulness of God.(:note) will of God, and Timotheus [our] brother,

geneva@Colossians:1:2 @ To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at (note:)Colosse is situated in Phrygia, not far from Hierapolis and Laodicea, on that side that faces toward Lycia and Pamphylia.(:note) Colosse: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

geneva@Colossians:1:3 @

geneva@Colossians:1:4 @ Since wee heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of your loue toward all Saintes,

geneva@Colossians:1:5 @ For the (note:)For the glory that is hoped for.(:note) hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

geneva@Colossians:1:6 @ Which is come vnto you, eue as it is vnto al the world, & is fruitful, as it is also amog you, from ye day that ye heard & truly knew ye grace of God,

geneva@Colossians:1:7 @ As yee also learned of Epaphras our deare fellowe seruaunt, which is for you a faithfull minister of Christ:

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geneva@Colossians:1:9 @ For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of (note:)God's will.(:note) his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

geneva@Colossians:1:10 @ That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, & please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

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geneva@Colossians:1:13 @ Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,

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geneva@Colossians:1:16 @ For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] (note:)He sets forth the angels with glorious names, so that by the comparison of most excellent spirits, we may understand how far surpassing the excellency of Christ is, in whom alone we have to content ourselves with, and let go of all angels.(:note) thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

geneva@Colossians:1:17 @ And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.

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geneva@Colossians:1:19 @ For it pleased [the Father] that in him should (note:)Most plentiful abundance of all things pertaining to God.(:note) all fulness dwell;

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geneva@Colossians:1:22 @ In the body of his (note:)In that fleshly body, to show us that his body was not an unreal body, but a real one.(:note) flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

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geneva@Colossians:1:24 @ Who now rejoice in my sufferings for (note:)For our profit and benefit.(:note) you, and fill up The afflictions of the Church are said to be Christ's afflictions, by reason of that fellowship and knitting together that the body and the head have with one another. And this is not because there is any more need to have the Church redeemed, but because Christ shows his power in the daily weakness of his own, and that for the comfort of the whole body. that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

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geneva@Colossians:1:26 @ [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his (note:)Whom he chose to sanctify to himself in Christ. Moreover, he says that the mystery of our redemption was hidden since the world began, except that it was revealed to a few, who also were taught it extraordinarily.(:note) saints:

geneva@Colossians:1:27 @ To whom God (note:)In this way Paul restrains the curiosity of men.(:note) would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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geneva@Colossians:1:29 @ Whereunto I also labour & striue, according to his working which worketh in me mightily.

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