Letters to the Churches

Nevertheless, it was good of you to share in my trouble.

And you Philippians yourselves know that in the early days of my work spreading the Good News, when I left Macedonia, not a single congregation shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving — only you.

Indeed, in Thessalonica when I needed it, you sent me aid twice.

I am not seeking the gift; rather, I am looking for what will increase the credit balance of your account.

I have been more than paid in full: I have been filled, since I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent — they are a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, one that pleases God well.

Moreover, my God will fill every need of yours according to his glorious wealth, in union with the Messiah Yeshua.

And to God our Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Greet each of God’s people in the Messiah Yeshua. The brothers with me send their greetings to you.

All God’s people send greetings, but especially those in the Emperor’s household.

The grace of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with your spirit.

From: Sha’ul, by God’s will an emissary of the Messiah Yeshua, and brother Timothy

To: God’s people in Colosse, faithful brothers in the Messiah: Grace to you and shalom from God our Father.

Whenever we pray, we always give thanks for you to God, the Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

For we have heard of your trust in the Messiah Yeshua and of the love you have for all God’s people.

Both spring from the confident hope that you will receive what is stored up for you in heaven. You heard of this earlier in the message about the truth. This Good News

has made its presence felt among you, just as it is also being fruitful and multiplying throughout the world in the same way as it has among you since the day you heard and understood the grace of God as it really is.

You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow-slave and a faithful worker for the Messiah on your behalf;

and he has told us about the love which the Spirit has given you.

Therefore, from the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all the wisdom and understanding which the Spirit gives;

so that you may live lives worthy of the Lord and entirely pleasing to him, being fruitful in every good work and multiplying in the full knowledge of God.

We pray that you will be continually strengthened with all the power that comes from his glorious might; so that you will be able to persevere and be patient in any situation, joyfully

giving thanks to the Father for having made you fit to share in the inheritance of his people in the light.

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.

It is through his Son that we have redemption — that is, our sins have been forgiven.

He is the visible image of the invisible God. He is supreme over all creation,