歌罗西书 1

Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition

问候

1 奉　神旨意，作基督耶稣使徒的保罗，和我们的弟兄提摩太， ²写信给歌罗西的圣徒，在基督里忠心的弟兄。愿恩惠、平安^[a]从我们的父　神归给你们！

为信徒感谢　神

³我们为你们祷告的时候，常常感谢我们主耶稣基督的父　神^[b]， ⁴因为听见你们对基督耶稣的信心，并对众圣徒有的爱心。 ⁵这都是因着那给你们存在天上的盼望，它就是你们从前所听见真理的道，就是福音； ⁶这福音传到你们那里，也传到普天下，并且继续增长，不断结果，正如自从你们听见福音，真正知道　神恩惠的日子起，在你们中间也是这样。 ⁷这福音是你们从我们所亲爱、一同作仆人的以巴弗学到的。他为我们^[c]作了基督的忠心仆役， ⁸也把圣灵赐给你们的爱告诉我们。

基督和他的工作

⁹因此，我们自从听见的日子就不住地为你们祷告和祈求，愿你们满有一切属灵的智慧和悟性，真正知道　神的旨意， ¹⁰好使你们行事为人对得起主，凡事蒙他喜悦，在一切善事上结果子，对　神的认识更有长进。 ¹¹愿你们从他荣耀的权能中，得以在一切事上力上加力，好使你们凡事欢欢喜喜地忍耐宽容， ¹²又感谢父，使你们配与众圣徒在光明中分享基业。 ¹³他救了我们脱离黑暗的权势，迁移到他爱子的国度里。 ¹⁴藉着他的爱子，我们得蒙救赎，罪得赦免。

¹⁵爱子是那看不见的　神之像，

是首生的^[d]，在一切被造的以先。
¹⁶因为万有都是在他里面^[e]造的，
无论是天上的、地上的，
能看见的、不能看见的，
或是有权位的、统治的，
或是执政的、掌权的，
一概都是藉着他为着他造的。
¹⁷他在万有之先；
万有也靠他而存在。
¹⁸他是身体（教会）的头；
他是元始，
是从死人中复活的首生者，
好让他在万有中居首位。
¹⁹因为　神喜欢使一切的丰盛在他里面居住，
²⁰藉着他^[f]，　神使万有与自己和好，
无论是地上的、天上的，
都藉着他在十字架上所流的血促成了和平。

²¹从前你们与　神隔绝，心思上与他为敌，行为邪恶； ²²但如今，他藉着他儿子肉身的死，已经使你们与他自己和好了^[g]，把你们献在他的面前，成为圣洁，没有瑕疵，无可指责。 ²³只要你们持守信仰，根基稳固，坚定不移，不致动摇，离开了你们从前所听见的福音的盼望；这福音也是传给天下一切被造之物的，我—保罗作了这福音的仆役。

保罗为教会的工作

²⁴现在我为你们受苦，倒很快乐；并且为基督的身体，就是为教会，我要在自己的肉身上补满基督未尽的苦难。 ²⁵我照　神为你们所赐我的职分作了教会的仆役，要把　神的道传得完满； ²⁶这道就是历世历代所隐藏的奥秘，但如今向他的圣徒显明了。 ²⁷　神要让他们知道，这奥秘在外邦人中有何等丰盛的荣耀；就是基督在你们心里^[h]成了得荣耀的盼望。 ²⁸我们传扬他，是用诸般的智慧，劝戒各人，教导各人，要把各人在基督里完完全全地献上^[i]。 ²⁹我也为此劳苦，照着他在我里面运用的大能尽心竭力。

Footnotes

1．2 “平安”或译“和平”。
1．3 “父　神”：有古卷是“父和　神”。
1．7 “我们”：有古卷是“你们”。
1．15 “首生的”或译“长子”；18节同。
1．16 “在他里面”或译“藉着他”。
1．20 有古卷没有“藉着他”。
1．22 “他藉着…和好了”：有古卷是“藉着他儿子肉身的死，你们已经得以跟他和好了”。
1．27 “心里”或译“中间”。
1．28 “要把各人…献上”或译“要使各人在基督里成熟地献上”。

歌罗西书 1

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

1 我是奉上帝旨意做基督耶稣使徒的保罗， ²和提摩太弟兄写信给歌罗西的圣徒，就是忠于基督的弟兄姊妹。

愿我们的父上帝赐给你们恩典和平安！

感恩与祷告

^3-4我们听说了你们对基督耶稣的信心和对众圣徒的爱心，为你们祷告的时候，常常感谢我们主耶稣基督的父上帝。 ⁵你们能有这样的信心和爱心是因为那给你们存在天上的盼望，就是你们从前从福音真道中听到的盼望。 ⁶这福音不但传到了你们那里，也传到了世界各地，并且开花结果，信主的人数不断增长，正如你们当初听了福音，因为明白真理而认识上帝的恩典后的情形。 ⁷这福音是你们从我们亲爱的同工以巴弗那里得知的。他代表我们^[a]做基督的忠仆， ⁸并把圣灵赐给你们的爱心告诉了我们。

⁹因此，从听到你们的消息那天起，我们便不断地为你们祷告，求上帝使你们在一切属灵的智慧和悟性上完全明白祂的旨意， ¹⁰以便你们行事为人对得起主，凡事蒙祂喜悦，在一切良善的事上结出果实，对上帝的认识不断增加。 ¹¹愿上帝以祂荣耀的权能使你们刚强，无论遇到什么事都能长久忍耐， ¹²欢喜地感谢天父，因祂使你们有资格跟众圣徒在光明中同享基业。 ¹³祂把我们从黑暗的权势下拯救出来，带进祂爱子的国度里。 ¹⁴我们借着祂的爱子蒙救赎，罪过得到赦免。

基督超越一切

¹⁵基督是那不能看见之上帝的真像，超越^[b]一切受造之物。 ¹⁶因为万物都是借着祂创造的，天上的、地上的、有形的、无形的、做王的、统治的、执政的、掌权的，一切都是借着祂也是为了祂而创造的。 ¹⁷祂存在于万物之前，万物都靠祂而维系。 ¹⁸祂是教会的头，教会是祂的身体；祂是源头，是首先从死里复活的，这样祂可以在一切事上居首位。 ¹⁹因为上帝乐意让一切的丰盛住在祂里面， ²⁰又借着祂在十字架上所流的血成就了和平，使天地万物借着祂与上帝和好。

²¹你们从前与上帝隔绝，行事邪恶，心思意念与祂为敌； ²²但现在上帝借着基督肉身的死使你们与祂和好了，让你们在祂面前成为圣洁无瑕、无可指责的人。 ²³只是你们必须恒心持守所信的道，根基稳固，坚定不移，不要失去你们听到福音后所得到的盼望。这福音传给了天下万民。我保罗也做了这福音的使者。

保罗为教会受苦

²⁴现在我因能够为你们受苦而欢喜，并且我是为基督的身体——教会的缘故，在自己身上补满基督未受的苦难。 ²⁵我受上帝的委派成为教会的仆人，要把上帝的道完整地传给你们。 ²⁶这道是历世历代一直隐藏的奥秘，现在已经向祂的众圣徒显明了。 ²⁷上帝要他们知道这奥秘在外族人中有何等丰富的荣耀，这奥秘就是基督在你们里面，使你们有荣耀的盼望。 ²⁸我们传扬基督，用各样的智慧劝诫、教导众人，使他们在基督里长大成熟，好把他们带到上帝面前。 ²⁹为此，我按着祂在我身上运行的大能尽心竭力，不辞劳苦。

Footnotes

1:7 “我们”有古卷作“你们”。
1:15 “超越”或译“先存于”，希腊文是“长子”，常用来指地位上的优越或时间上的优先。

Colossians 1

New International Version

1 Paul, an apostle^(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,^(B) and Timothy^(C) our brother,

²To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters^[a] in Christ:

Grace^(D) and peace to you from God our Father.^[b]^(E)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

³We always thank God,^(F) the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, ⁴because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love^(G) you have for all God’s people^(H)— ⁵the faith and love that spring from the hope^(I) stored up for you in heaven^(J) and about which you have already heard in the true message^(K) of the gospel ⁶that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit^(L) and growing throughout the whole world^(M)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. ⁷You learned it from Epaphras,^(N) our dear fellow servant,^[c] who is a faithful minister^(O) of Christ on our^[d] behalf, ⁸and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.^(P)

⁹For this reason, since the day we heard about you,^(Q) we have not stopped praying for you.^(R) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will^(S) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,^[e]^(T) ¹⁰so that you may live a life worthy^(U) of the Lord and please him^(V) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,^(W) ¹¹being strengthened with all power^(X) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,^(Y) ¹²and giving joyful thanks to the Father,^(Z) who has qualified you^[f] to share in the inheritance^(AA) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.^(AB) ¹³For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness^(AC) and brought us into the kingdom^(AD) of the Son he loves,^(AE) ¹⁴in whom we have redemption,^(AF) the forgiveness of sins.^(AG)

The Supremacy of the Son of God

¹⁵The Son is the image^(AH) of the invisible God,^(AI) the firstborn^(AJ) over all creation. ¹⁶For in him all things were created:^(AK) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;^(AL) all things have been created through him and for him.^(AM) ¹⁷He is before all things,^(AN) and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸And he is the head^(AO) of the body, the church;^(AP) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(AQ) from among the dead,^(AR) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹For God was pleased^(AS) to have all his fullness^(AT) dwell in him, ²⁰and through him to reconcile^(AU) to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven,^(AV) by making peace^(AW) through his blood,^(AX) shed on the cross.

²¹Once you were alienated from God and were enemies^(AY) in your minds^(AZ) because of^[g] your evil behavior. ²²But now he has reconciled^(BA) you by Christ’s physical body^(BB) through death to present you^(BC) holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation^(BD)— ²³if you continue^(BE) in your faith, established^(BF) and firm, and do not move from the hope^(BG) held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,^(BH) and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.^(BI)

Paul’s Labor for the Church

²⁴Now I rejoice^(BJ) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,^(BK) for the sake of his body, which is the church.^(BL) ²⁵I have become its servant^(BM) by the commission God gave me^(BN) to present to you the word of God^(BO) in its fullness— ²⁶the mystery^(BP) that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. ²⁷To them God has chosen to make known^(BQ) among the Gentiles the glorious riches^(BR) of this mystery, which is Christ in you,^(BS) the hope of glory.

²⁸He is the one we proclaim, admonishing^(BT) and teaching everyone with all wisdom,^(BU) so that we may present everyone fully mature^(BV) in Christ. ²⁹To this end I strenuously^(BW) contend^(BX) with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.^(BY)

Footnotes

Colossians 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 4:15.
Colossians 1:2 Some manuscripts Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
Colossians 1:7 Or slave
Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your
Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
Colossians 1:21 Or minds, as shown by

Colossians 1

King James Version

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

²To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

⁴Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

⁵For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

⁶Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

⁷As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

⁸Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

⁹For 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 his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹¹Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

¹²Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

¹³Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

¹⁴In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

¹⁵Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

¹⁶For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

¹⁷And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

¹⁹For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

²⁰And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

²¹And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

²²In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

²³If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

²⁴Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

²⁵Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

²⁶Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

²⁷To whom God 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:

²⁸Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

²⁹Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Colossians 1

New King James Version

Greeting

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

²To the saints ^(B)and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:

^(C)Grace to you and peace from God our Father ^[a]and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Their Faith in Christ

³^(D)We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴^(E)since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of ^(F)your love for all the saints; ⁵because of the hope ^(G)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, ⁶which has come to you, ^(H)as it has also in all the world, and ^(I)is bringing forth ^[b]fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew ^(J)the grace of God in truth; ⁷as you also learned from ^(K)Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is ^(L)a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, ⁸who also declared to us your ^(M)love in the Spirit.

Preeminence of Christ

⁹^(N)For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask ^(O)that you may be filled with ^(P)the knowledge of His will ^(Q)in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ¹⁰^(R)that you may walk worthy of the Lord, ^(S)fully pleasing Him, ^(T)being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the ^(U)knowledge of God; ¹¹^(V)strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, ^(W)for all patience and longsuffering ^(X)with joy; ¹²^(Y)giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of ^(Z)the inheritance of the saints in the light. ¹³He has delivered us from ^(AA)the power of darkness ^(AB)and ^[c]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, ¹⁴^(AC)in whom we have redemption ^[d]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

¹⁵He is ^(AD)the image of the invisible God, ^(AE)the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶For ^(AF)by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or ^(AG)dominions or ^[e]principalities or ^[f]powers. All things were created ^(AH)through Him and for Him. ¹⁷^(AI)And He is before all things, and in Him ^(AJ)all things consist. ¹⁸And ^(AK)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, ^(AL)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

Reconciled in Christ

¹⁹For it pleased the Father that ^(AM)in Him all the fullness should dwell, ²⁰and ^(AN)by Him to reconcile ^(AO)all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, ^(AP)having made peace through the blood of His cross.

²¹And you, ^(AQ)who once were alienated and enemies in your mind ^(AR)by wicked works, yet now He has ^(AS)reconciled ²²^(AT)in the body of His flesh through death, ^(AU)to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— ²³if indeed you continue ^(AV)in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are ^(AW)not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, ^(AX)which was preached to every creature under heaven, ^(AY)of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Sacrificial Service for Christ

²⁴^(AZ)I now rejoice in my sufferings ^(BA)for you, and fill up in my flesh ^(BB)what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for ^(BC)the sake of His body, which is the church, ²⁵of which I became a minister according to ^(BD)the ^[g]stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, ²⁶^(BE)the ^[h]mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, ^(BF)but now has been revealed to His saints. ²⁷^(BG)To them God willed to make known what are ^(BH)the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: ^[i]which is ^(BI)Christ in you, ^(BJ)the hope of glory. ²⁸Him we preach, ^(BK)warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, ^(BL)that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. ²⁹To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me ^(BM)mightily.

Footnotes

Colossians 1:2 NU omits and the Lord Jesus Christ
Colossians 1:6 NU, M add and growing
Colossians 1:13 transferred
Colossians 1:14 NU, M omit through His blood
Colossians 1:16 rulers
Colossians 1:16 authorities
Colossians 1:25 dispensation or administration
Colossians 1:26 secret or hidden truth
Colossians 1:27 M who

Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition (RCU17SS)

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified) (CCB)

New International Version (NIV)

歌罗西书 1

Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition

问候

为信徒感谢　神

基督和他的工作

保罗为教会的工作

Footnotes

歌罗西书 1

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

感恩与祷告

基督超越一切

保罗为教会受苦

Footnotes

Colossians 1

New International Version

Thanksgiving and Prayer

The Supremacy of the Son of God

Paul’s Labor for the Church

Footnotes

Cross references

Colossians 1

King James Version

Colossians 1

New King James Version

Greeting

Their Faith in Christ

Preeminence of Christ

Reconciled in Christ

Sacrificial Service for Christ

Footnotes

Cross references

More on the NIV

歌罗西书 1 Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition

问候

为信徒感谢 神

基督和他的工作

保罗为教会的工作

Footnotes

歌罗西书 1 Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

感恩与祷告

基督超越一切

保罗为教会受苦

Footnotes

Colossians 1 New International Version

Thanksgiving and Prayer

The Supremacy of the Son of God

Paul’s Labor for the Church

Footnotes

Cross references

Colossians 1 King James Version

Colossians 1 New King James Version

Greeting

Their Faith in Christ

Preeminence of Christ

Reconciled in Christ

Sacrificial Service for Christ

Footnotes

Cross references

More on the NIV

歌罗西书 1

Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition

为信徒感谢　神

歌罗西书 1

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

Colossians 1

New International Version

Colossians 1

King James Version

Colossians 1

New King James Version