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Salutation

Παῦλος, ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ(a)ιησου χριστου f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 21 𝕻46ℵA,B [5%] NU διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφός, τοῖς ἐν Κολοσσαῖς(b)κολοσσαις f35 ℵB [60%] CP,NU ¦ κολασσαις (𝕻46A)I [40%] RP,HF,OC,TR ἁγίοις καὶ πιστοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.(c)και κυριου ιησου χριστου f35 ℵA,C,I [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- B [20%] NU

Building rapport

Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ(d)και f35 ℵA,I [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- B,C [2%] NU Πατρὶ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν προσευχόμενοι Флп 1:3(ἀκούσαντες τὴν πίστιν ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην τὴν(e)την f35 (86.7%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ην εχετε ℵA,C (11.4%) NU ¦ ην εχεται (1.2%) ¦ --- B (0.7%) εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους), Габр 6:10διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα τὴν ἀποκειμένην ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἣν προηκούσατε ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας (τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τοῦ παρόντος εἰς ὑμᾶς καθὼς καὶ ἐν παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ(f)και f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [5%] NU ἔστιν καρποφορούμενον καὶ αὐξανόμενον(g)και αυξανομενον f35 ℵA,B,C (48%) RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ --- (52%) TR (The omission could be an easy case of homoioteleuton.) καθὼς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀφ᾿ ἧς ἡμέρας ἠκούσατε καὶ ἐπέγνωτε τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ), Мц 13:8; Ян 15:16καθὼς καὶ(h)και f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [5%] CP,NU ἐμάθετε ἀπὸ Ἐπαφρᾶ, τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ συνδούλου ἡμῶν, ὅς ἐστιν πιστὸς ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν(i)υμων f35 C [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ημων 𝕻46ℵA,B [10%] διάκονος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι.

Christ preeminent

Walk worthily of the Lord

Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς, ἀφ᾿ ἧς ἡμέρας ἠκούσαμεν, οὐ παυόμεθα ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν προσευχόμενοι καὶ αἰτούμενοι ἵνα πληρωθῆτε τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ συνέσει πνευματικῇ, Рым 12:2περιπατῆσαι ὑμᾶς(j)υμας f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [5%] NU ἀξίως τοῦ Κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν ἀρέσκειαν,(k)αρεσκειαν rell ¦ αρεσκιαν ℵA,C [15%] ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ ἀγαθῷ καρποφοροῦντες καὶ αὐξανόμενοι εἰς τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν(l)εις την επιγνωσιν f35 (90.5%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ τη επιγνωσει 𝕻46ℵA,B,C,I (4.6%) NU ¦ εν τη επιγνωσει (4.1%) ¦ three other readings (0.7%) τοῦ Θεοῦ· Эф 4:1; Флп 1:27; 1Фес 2:12ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει δυναμούμενοι κατὰ τὸ κράτος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, εἰς πᾶσαν ὑπομονὴν καὶ μακροθυμίαν· Дзеі 5:41μετὰ χαρᾶς εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ(m)τω f35 𝕻46A,B,C [65%] RP,HF,TR,NU ¦ 1 θεω και [30%] OC,CP ¦ 1 θεω ℵ [5%] (OC has small print.) Πατρὶ τῷ ἱκανώσαντι ἡμᾶς(n)ημας f35 A,C [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υμας ℵB [3%] NU (The context is inclusive—first person.) εἰς τὴν μερίδα τοῦ κλήρου τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ φωτί· Дзеі 26:18ὃς ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ σκότους καὶ μετέστησεν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Υἱοῦ τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ, Мц 3:17; Габр 2:15ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ,(o)δια του αιματος αυτου f35 [60%] TR ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [40%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU (The omission was presumably deliberate—one wonders why.) τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν.Рым 3:25

The supremacy of Christ described

Ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης(p)πασης rell ¦ 1 της [10%] κτίσεως, Габр 1:3ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα—τὰ(q)τα f35 A,C [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ(r)τα f35 A,C [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, εἴτε θρόνοι εἴτε κυριότητες εἴτε ἀρχαὶ εἴτε ἐξουσίαι—τὰ πάντα δι᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν ἔκτισται· Ян 1:3; Эф 3:9; Габр 1:2καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων, καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν. Ян 1:1Καί, αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ(s)η rell ¦ --- [2%] CP κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος, τῆς ἐκκλησίας· ὅς ἐστιν ἀρχή, πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων, Рым 8:29; 1Кар 15:20; Эф 1:22ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησεν(t)ευδοκησεν rell ¦ ηυδοκησεν A [15%] πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι Кал 2:9καὶ δι᾿ αὐτοῦ ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ(u)τα rell ¦ --- CP πάντα εἰς αὐτόν, εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ αὐτοῦ—δι᾿ αὐτοῦ,(v)δι αυτου f35 𝕻46ℵA,C,048 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ --- B,I [20%] (The omission of the emphatic repetition is surely inferior.) εἴτε τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἴτε τὰ ἐπὶ(w)επι f35 [50%] RP,HF,CP ¦ εν ℵA,B,C [50%] OC,TR,NU (The change to ‘in’ may have been unthinking, but is clearly inferior—beings and things that are an inherent part of Heaven don’t need ‘reconciling’.) τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.Лк 2:14

The truth applied

Καὶ ὑμᾶς (ποτὲ ὄντας ἀπηλλοτριωμένους καὶ ἐχθροὺς τῇ διανοίᾳ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς) νυνὶ δὲ ἀποκατήλλαξεν ἐν τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ,(x)αυτου f35 ℵA [40%] ¦ --- 𝕻46vB,C,Iv [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU παραστῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους καὶ ἀνεγκλήτους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ— Лк 1:75; Рым 5:10; 1Кар 1:2; Эф 1:4; Ціт 2:14εἴ γε ἐπιμένετε τῇ πίστει τεθεμελιωμένοι καὶ ἑδραῖοι, καὶ μὴ μετακινούμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗ ἠκούσατε τοῦ κηρυχθέντος ἐν πάσῃ τῇ(y)τη f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [5%] NU κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν, οὗ ἐγενόμην ἐγώ, Παῦλος, διάκονος.

What Paul does and why he does it

Present everyone perfect in Christ

Νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς παθήμασίν μου(z)μου f35 [55%] OC,TR ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [45%] RP,HF,CP,NU (OC has small print.) ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνταναπληρῶ τὰ ὑστερήματα τῶν θλίψεων τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ, ὅ(aa)ο rell ¦ ος C [10%] ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία, Рым 5:3ἧς ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ διάκονος κατὰ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι εἰς ὑμᾶς, πληρῶσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1Кар 4:1; 1Кар 9:17τὸ μυστήριον τὸ ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γενεῶν, νυνὶ(ab)νυνι f35 A [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ νυν ℵB,C [10%] NU δὲ ἐφανερώθη τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ· Эф 3:9οἷς ἠθέλησεν ὁ Θεὸς γνωρίσαι τίς ὁ(ac)τις ο f35 ℵC [40%] OC,TR ¦ τι το 𝕻46A,B [60%] RP,HF,CP,NU (In the context the masculine gender is correct—𝕻46A,B [4%] NU are consistent in that they go on to read ὅ εστιν Χριστος, but not the [56%] RP,HF,CP.) πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τοῦ(ad)του rell ¦ --- CP μυστηρίου τούτου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ὅς(ae)ος f35 ℵC,I [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ο 𝕻46A,B [4%] NU ἐστιν Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς δόξης· Рым 9:23; Эф 3:17ὃν ἡμεῖς καταγγέλλομεν, νουθετοῦντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον καὶ διδάσκοντες πάντα ἄνθρωπον(af)παντα ανθρωπον rell ¦ --- [10%] CP ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ, ἵνα παραστήσωμεν πάντα ἄνθρωπον(ag)παντα ανθρωπον f35 ℵA,B,C [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ --- [10%] τέλειον(ah)τελειον rell ¦ --- CP ἐν Χριστῷ·(ai)χριστω f35 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [40%] NU ¦ 1 ιησου [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP 2Кар 11:2εἰς ὃ καὶ κοπιῶ, ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν δυνάμει.1Кар 15:10; Флп 2:13