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Colossians · read by Brian Brodersen
56 verses, in order. Only the verses Brian read aloud are shown.
Colossians 1
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We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,Read from KJV · (Colossians) the Fruit of the Gospel
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because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Fruit of the Gospel
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the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospelRead from NKJV · (Colossians) God's Desire for You
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that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) God's Desire for You
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You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) God's Desire for You
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and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) God's Desire for You
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For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) God's Desire for You
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so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Are You Qualified?
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being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfullyRead from NKJV · (Colossians) Are You Qualified?
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giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Once Alienated-Now Reconciled
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He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Are You Qualified?
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in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Church's Purpose
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The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Church's Purpose
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For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Church's Purpose
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He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.Read from NKJV · (1 Corinthians) Fool's for Christ's Sake
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And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Church's Purpose
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For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Church's Purpose
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and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Church's Purpose
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Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Once Alienated-Now Reconciled
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But now He has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Once Alienated-Now Reconciled
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if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Once Alienated-Now Reconciled
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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) True Ministry
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I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Mystery Revealed
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the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) the Mystery Revealed
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To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) True Ministry
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We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) True Ministry
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To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) True Ministry
Colossians 2
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For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Christ Is All You Need
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that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Christ Is All You Need
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in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.Read from ESV · (Colossians) Christ Is All You Need
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I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Christ Is All You Need
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For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Christ Is All You Need
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Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Psychological Invasion
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rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Psychological Invasion
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See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.Read from KJV · (Colossians) Philosophy and Vain Deceit
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For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Psychological Invasion
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And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Psychological Invasion
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In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.Read from NKJV · (1 Timothy) Goodness, Grace, and Freedom
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He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.Read from NKJV · (1 Timothy) Goodness, Grace, and Freedom
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If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!"?Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Staying Connected to the Head
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Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.Read from NKJV · (1 Timothy) Goodness, Grace, and Freedom
Colossians 3
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Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Being Spiritually Minded
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Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Being Spiritually Minded
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For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Being Spiritually Minded
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When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Being Spiritually Minded
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And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Doing All Things in the Name of the Lord
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Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.Read from NKJV · (Colossians) Doing All Things in the Name of the Lord