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So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ.

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highlighted Colossians 1:24 NLT

I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.

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highlighted Colossians 1:27 NLT

For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.

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Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

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highlighted Colossians 1:21 NLT

This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.

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highlighted Colossians 1:20 NLT

and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.

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highlighted Colossians 1:23 NLT

But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

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highlighted Colossians 1:18 NLT

Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything.

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highlighted Colossians 1:17 NLT

He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.

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highlighted Colossians 1:16 NLT

for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him.

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highlighted Colossians 1:15 NLT

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,

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highlighted Colossians 1:14 NLT

who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.

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highlighted Colossians 1:12 NLT

always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.

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highlighted Colossians 1:13 NLT

For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,

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highlighted Colossians 1:11 NLT

We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,

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highlighted Colossians 1:9 NLT

So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.

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highlighted Colossians 1:7 NLT

You learned about the Good News from Epaphras, our beloved co-worker. He is Christ’s faithful servant, and he is helping us on your behalf.

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highlighted Colossians 1:6 NLT

This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.

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highlighted Colossians 1:8 NLT

He has told us about the love for others that the Holy Spirit has given you.

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highlighted Colossians 1:5 NLT

which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.

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