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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="COL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="COL.1.1"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="COL.1.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">To God&#8217;s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 4:15.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Christ:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.1.2"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.1.2"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Father and the Lord Jesus Christ</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving and Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="COL.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="COL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="COL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God&#8217;s people&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="COL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="COL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world&#8212;just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God&#8217;s grace. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="COL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">slave</span></span></span><span class="content"> who is a faithful minister of Christ on our</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">your</span></span></span><span class="content"> behalf, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="COL.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="COL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">all spiritual wisdom and understanding</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="COL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="COL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="COL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">us</span></span></span><span class="content"> to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="COL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="COL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Supremacy of the Son of God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="COL.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="COL.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="COL.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="COL.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="COL.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="COL.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="COL.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="COL.1.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="COL.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">minds, as shown by</span></span></span><span class="content"> your evil behavior. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="COL.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But now he has reconciled you by Christ&#8217;s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="COL.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Labor for the Church</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="COL.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="COL.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ&#8217;s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="COL.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="COL.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="COL.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="COL.1.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="COL.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="COL.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests dishonest scales,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"><span class="content">but accurate weights find favor with him.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.11.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When pride comes, then comes disgrace,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"><span class="content">but with humility comes wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.11.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The integrity of the upright guides them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.11.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"><span class="content">but righteousness delivers from death.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.11.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"><span class="content">but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.11.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The righteousness of the upright delivers them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"><span class="content">but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Hopes placed in mortals die with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"><span class="content">all the promise of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:7 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum </span><span class="fqa">When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from</span></span></span><span class="content"> their power comes to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.11.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The righteous person is rescued from trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"><span class="content">and it falls on the wicked instead.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.11.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"><span class="content">but through knowledge the righteous escape.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.11.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"><span class="content">when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.11.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"><span class="content">but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.11.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"><span class="content">but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.11.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A gossip betrays a confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"><span class="content">but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.11.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For lack of guidance a nation falls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"><span class="content">but victory is won through many advisers.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.11.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"><span class="content">but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.11.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">A kindhearted woman gains honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"><span class="content">but ruthless men gain only wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.11.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Those who are kind benefit themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"><span class="content">but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.11.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A wicked person earns deceptive wages,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"><span class="content">but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.11.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truly the righteous attain life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"><span class="content">but whoever pursues evil finds death.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.11.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests those whose hearts are perverse,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"><span class="content">but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.11.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"><span class="content">but those who are righteous will go free.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.11.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Like a gold ring in a pig&#8217;s snout</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"><span class="content">is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.11.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The desire of the righteous ends only in good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"><span class="content">but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.11.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">One person gives freely, yet gains even more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"><span class="content">another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.11.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A generous person will prosper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"><span class="content">whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.11.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">People curse the one who hoards grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"><span class="content">but they pray God&#8217;s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.11.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Whoever seeks good finds favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"><span class="content">but evil comes to one who searches for it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.11.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Those who trust in their riches will fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"><span class="content">but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.11.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"><span class="content">and the fool will be servant to the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.11.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"><span class="content">and the one who is wise saves lives.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.11.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">If the righteous receive their due on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"><span class="content">how much more the ungodly and the sinner!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.11.31"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.4.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.4.31"></span></div>
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