Ad Colossenses 1

VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi per voluntatem Dei, et Timotheus frater :	1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother,
2 eis, qui sunt Colossis, sanctis, et fidelibus fratribus in Christo Jesu.	2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ Jesus, who are at Colossa.
3 Gratia vobis, et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo. Gratias agimus Deo, et Patri Domini nostri Jesu Christi semper pro vobis orantes :	3 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.
4 audientes fidem vestram in Christo Jesu, et dilectionem quam habetis in sanctos omnes	4 Hearing your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which you have towards all the saints.
5 propter spem, quæ reposita est vobis in cælis : quam audistis in verbo veritatis Evangelii :	5 For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,
6 quod pervenit ad vos, sicut et in universo mundo est, et fructificat, et crescit sicut in vobis, ex ea die, qua audistis, et cognovistis gratiam Dei in veritate,	6 Which is come unto you, as also it is in the whole world, and bringeth forth fruit and groweth, even as it doth in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth.
7 sicut didicistis ab Epaphra carissimo conservo nostro, qui est fidelis pro vobis minister Christi Jesu,	7 As you learned of Epaphras, our most beloved fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ Jesus;
8 qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in spiritu.	8 Who also hath manifested to us your love in the spirit.
9 Ideo et nos ex qua die audivimus, non cessamus pro vobis orantes, et postulantes ut impleamini agnitione voluntatis ejus, in omni sapientia et intellectu spiritali :	9 Therefore we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to beg that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding:
10 ut ambuletis digne Deo per omnia placentes : in omni opere bono fructificantes, et crescentes in scientia Dei :	10 That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God:
11 in omni virtute confortati secundum potentiam claritatis ejus, in omni patientia et longanimitate cum gaudio,	11 Strengthened with all might, according to the power of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy,
12 gratias agentes Deo Patri, qui dignos nos fecit in partem sortis sanctorum in lumine :	12 Giving thanks to God the Father, who hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light:
13 qui eripuit nos de potestate tenebrarum, et transtulit in regnum filii dilectionis suæ,	13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,
14 in quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem ejus, remissionem peccatorum :	14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins;
15 qui est imago Dei invisibilis, primogenitus omnis creaturæ :	15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 quoniam in ipso condita sunt universa in cælis, et in terra, visibilia, et invisibilia, sive throni, sive dominationes, sive principatus, sive potestates : omnia per ipsum et in ipso creata sunt :	16 For in him were all things created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and in him.
17 et ipse est ante omnes, et omnia in ipso constant.	17 And he is before all, and by him all things consist.
18 Et ipse est caput corporis Ecclesiæ, qui est principium, primogenitus ex mortuis : ut sit in omnibus ipse primatum tenens :	18 And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he may hold the primacy:
19 quia in ipso complacuit, omnem plenitudinem inhabitare :	19 Because in him, it hath well pleased the Father, that all fullness should dwell;
20 et per eum reconciliare omnia in ipsum, pacificans per sanguinem crucis ejus, sive quæ in terris, sive quæ in cælis sunt.	20 And through him to reconcile all things unto himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, both as to the things that are on earth, and the things that are in heaven.
21 Et vos cum essetis aliquando alienati, et inimici sensu in operibus malis :	21 And you, whereas you were some time alienated and enemies in mind in evil works:
22 nunc autem reconciliavit in corpore carnis ejus per mortem, exhibere vos sanctos, et immaculatos, et irreprehensibiles coram ipso :	22 Yet now he hath reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unspotted, and blameless before him:
23 si tamen permanetis in fide fundati, et stabiles, et immobiles a spe Evangelii, quod audistis, quod prædicatum est in universa creatura, quæ sub cælo est, cujus factus sum ego Paulus minister.	23 If so ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and immoveable from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, which is preached in all the creation that is under heaven, whereof I Paul am made a minister.
24 Qui nunc gaudeo in passionibus pro vobis, et adimpleo ea quæ desunt passionum Christi, in carne mea pro corpore ejus, quod est Ecclesia :	24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:
25 cujus factus sum ego minister secundum dispensationem Dei, quæ data est mihi in vos, ut impleam verbum Dei :	25 Whereof I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given me towards you, that I may fulfil the word of God:
26 mysterium, quod absconditum fuit a sæculis, et generationibus, nunc autem manifestatum est sanctis ejus,	26 The mystery which hath been hidden from ages and generations, but now is manifested to his saints,
27 quibus voluit Deus notas facere divitias gloriæ sacramenti hujus in gentibus, quod est Christus, in vobis spes gloriæ,	27 To whom God would make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ, in you the hope of glory.
28 quem nos annuntiamus, corripientes omnem hominem, et docentes omnem hominem, in omni sapientia, ut exhibeamus omnem hominem perfectum in Christo Jesu :	28 Whom we preach, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
29 in quo et laboro, certando secundum operationem ejus, quam operatur in me in virtute.	29 Wherein also I labour, striving according to his working which he worketh in me in power.