Colossians 1 - Blanks Flashcards
Colossians 1:1
1 Paul, an ____ of ____ ____ by the will of ____, and ____ our brother,
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Colossians 1:2
2 To ____ ____ people in ____, the ____ brothers and ____ in Christ:
____ and ____ to you from ____ our ____.
2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
Colossians 1:3-4
3 We always thank ____, the ____ of our ____ ____ ____, when we ____ for you, 4 because we have ____ of your ____ in ____ ____ and of the ____ you have for all _____ ____ —
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—
Colossians 1:5-6
5 the ____ and ____ that ____ from the ____ stored up for you in ____ and about which you have already ____ in the ____ ____ of the ____ 6 that has ____ to you. In the same ____, the ____ is bearing ____ and ____ throughout the ____ ____ —just as it has been ____ among you since the ____ you ____ it and truly ____ God’s ____.
5 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 6 that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.
Colossians 1:7-8
7 You learned it from ____, our dear ____ ____, who is a ____ ____ of ____ on our ____, 8 and who also ____ us of your ____ in the ____.
7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
Colossians 1:9
9 For this reason, since the ____ we ____ about you, we have not ____ ____ for you. We ____ ask ____ to ____ you with the ____ of his ____ through all the ____ and ____ that the ____ gives,
9 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,
Colossians 1:10-12
10 so that you may ____ a ____ worhty of the ____ and ____ him in ____ way: bearing ____ in every ____ ____, ____ in the ____ of ____, 11 being ____ with all ____ according to his ____ ____ so that you may have ____ ____ and ____, 12 and giving ____ ____ to the ____, who has ____ you to ____ in the ____ of his ____ people in the ____ of ____.
10 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, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
Colossians 1:13-14
13 For he has ____ us from the ____ of ____ and ____ us into the ____ of the ____ he ____, 14 in ____ we have ____, the ____ of ____.
13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:15
15 The ____ is the ____ of the ____ ____, the ____ ____ all ____.
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:16
16 For in him ____ ____ were ____: things in ____ and on ____, ____ and ____, whether ____ or ____ or ____ or ____; all ____ have been ____ ____ him and ____ him.
16 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.
Colossians 1:17
17 He is ____ all things, and ____ him all things ____ ____.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Colossians 1:18-19
18 And he is the ____ of the ____, the ____; he is the ____ and the ____ from ____ the ____, so that in ____ he ____ have the ____. 19 For ____ was ____ to have ____ his ____ ____ in ____,
18 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. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
Colossians 1:20
20 and through him to ____ to ____ all things, whether things on ____ or things in ____, by making ____ through his ____, ____ on the ____.
20 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.
Colossians 1:21
21 Once you were ____ from ____ and were ____ in your ____ because of your ____ ____.
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
Colossians 1:22-23a
22 But now he has ____ you by ____ ____ body through ____ to ____ you ____ in his ____, without ____ and ____ from ____ — 23 if you continue in your ____, ____ and ____, and do not ____ from the ____ held out in the ____.
22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel.
