eng_aiv Amundson Interpretive Version Colossians Colossians Colossians Col Colossians id=eng_aiv name=Amundson Interpretive Version (AIV) status=draft spec=USFM-USX 3.1.1 export=2026-11-02 char:add=translator-addition-italic char:wj=words-of-Jesus-as-received-unmapped note:f=footnotes para:r=parallel-passage-references para:d=psalm-superscriptions Greetings from Paul and Timothy (Philippians 1:1–2; Philemon 1:1–3) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus1.1 BYZ and TR of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timothy the brother, To the saints in Colossae and faithful brothers in Christ: Grace to you⁺ and peace from God our Father.1.2 BYZ and TR God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Thanksgiving and Prayer (1 Corinthians 1:4–9; Philippians 1:3–11) We give thanks to God, the Father1.3 BYZ and TR We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you⁺, having heard of your⁺ faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you⁺ have for all the saints, because of the hope being laid up for you⁺ in the heavens, which you⁺ heard of before in the word of truth, the gospel, the one being present unto you⁺, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and growing,1.6 ALT and TR do not include and growing. just as also among you⁺ from the day you⁺ heard and knew the grace of God in truth, just as you⁺ learned1.7 BYZ and TR you also learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on behalf of us,1.7 NE, NA, BYZ, and TR of you the one also having made known to us your⁺ love in the Spirit. Because of this, we also from the day we heard do not cease praying for you⁺ and asking that you⁺ may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding to walk worthily of the Lord: pleasing in all, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God, being empowered with all power according to the power of His glory unto all endurance and patience, with joy giving thanks to the Father,1.12 GOC our God and Father the One having qualified you⁺1.12 BYZ and TR us for the share of the inheritance of the saints in the light, who delivered us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption,1.14 TR redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. The Supremacy of the Son (Hebrews 1:1–14) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, because in Him were created all things in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or lordships or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, firstborn out from the dead, so that He might be having preeminence in all things, because all the fullness was well pleased to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross through Him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens. And you⁺, being once alienated and enemies in the mind, in the evil works— but now He has reconciled you1.22 SBL you have been reconciled in His body of flesh through death, to present you⁺ holy and unblemished and blameless before Him, if indeed you⁺ continue1.23 BYZ and TR if you continue in the faith, established and steadfast, and not being moved away from the hope of the gospel that you⁺ heard, the one having been proclaimed in all creation1.23 Or in every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister. Paul’s Suffering for the Church (2 Corinthians 11:16–33) Now I rejoice in the sufferings for you⁺, and I am filling up that which is lacking of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh for His body, which is the church, of which I became a minister according to the administration of God having been given to me toward you⁺, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery having been hidden away from the ages and from the generations, but now having been manifested to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you⁺, the hope of glory, whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that we may present every man perfect1.28 Or fully mature in Christ.1.28 RP, GOC, and TR in Christ Jesus Unto this also I toil, striving according to His energy, which is working in me in power. Absent in Body, Present in Spirit (Revelation 3:14–22) For I want you⁺ to know how great a struggle I have for you⁺ and those in Laodicea and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God: Christ,2.2 BYZ and TR to the knowledge of the mystery of the God and Father, and of the Christ in whom are hidden away all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge. I say this so that no one may delude you⁺ by persuasive speech. For even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you⁺ in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your⁺ order and the firmness of your⁺ faith in Christ. Alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:1–10) Therefore, as you⁺ received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being confirmed in the faith, just as you⁺ were taught, abounding2.7 BYZ and TR include in it. in thanksgiving. See, lest there will be anyone taking you⁺ captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world and not according to Christ, because in Him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily. And you⁺ are made complete in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority, in whom also you⁺ were circumcised with the circumcision done without hands in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ,2.11 Or in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands. having been buried with Him in baptism, in which also you⁺ were raised with Him through the faith from the working of God, the One having raised Him out from the dead. And you⁺ being dead in the trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your⁺ flesh, He made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all the trespasses, having blotted out the handwriting in the decrees against us, which was adverse to us. And He has taken it out of the midst, having nailed it to the cross. Having divested the rulers and the authorities, He made a show of them in public, having triumphed over them in it. Therefore let no one judge you⁺ in food or in drink or in the part of a feast or of a New Moon or of Sabbaths, which are a shadow the things about to be; but the body is of the Christ.2.17 Or but the body that casts it belongs to Christ Let no one disqualify you⁺, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, going into what he has seen,2.18 BYZ and TR what he has not seen vainly being puffed up by the mind of his flesh, and not holding fast to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and being knit together by the joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God. If2.20 GOC, F35, and TR If then you⁺ died with Christ, away from the elements of the world, why, as if living in the world, are you⁺ subject to decrees: “You should not handle! You should not taste! You should not touch!”— which are all unto decay with the use, according to the precepts and teachings of men, which, having indeed a word of wisdom in self-willed worship and humility and harsh treatment of the body, are not in any value toward the indulgence of the flesh. Put On the New Self (Ephesians 4:17–32) If, then, you⁺ were raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. Mind the things above, not the things on the earth. For you⁺ died, and your⁺ life has been hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, your⁺3.4 NE, WH, BYZ, and TR our life, shall appear, then you⁺ also will appear with Him in glory. Put to death, therefore, the members that are upon the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry, because of which things the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience,3.6 NE, WH, and Tischendorf do not include on the sons of disobedience. in which you⁺ also walked once when you⁺ were living in them. But now you⁺ also put off all these things: wrath, rage, malice, slander, shameful talk out of your⁺ mouth. Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his practices, and having put on the new, the one being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the One having created him, where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all and in all. Put on, therefore, as the chosen ones of God, holy and beloved, inner parts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if anyone may have a complaint toward another. Just as also the Lord3.13 BYZ and TR as also Christ forgave you⁺, so also you⁺. And over all these, put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of Christ3.15 BYZ and TR of God rule in your⁺ hearts, to which also you⁺ were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you⁺ richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your⁺ hearts to God.3.16 BYZ and TR to the Lord And everything, whatever you⁺ may do in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father3.17 BYZ and TR to the God and Father through Him. Christian Households (Ephesians 6:1–4) Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your⁺ children, so that they may not become discouraged. Serving with Honor (Ephesians 6:5–9; 1 Timothy 6:1–2) Slaves, obey according to all things the masters according to flesh, not with eye-services as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.3.22 BYZ and TR fearing God That which3.23 BYZ and TR And that which. you⁺ may do, work from the soul, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that you⁺ will receive back from the Lord the reward of the inheritance. You⁺ serve3.24 BYZ and TR For you serve the Lord Christ. For3.25 BYZ and TR But the one doing wrong will receive what he has done wrong, and there is no partiality. Prayerful Speech and Actions Masters, provide to your slaves that which is right and that which is equal, knowing that you⁺ also have a Master in heaven. Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it in thanksgiving, praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which also I have been bound, so that I may make it clear, as it is necessary for me to speak. Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time. Let your⁺ word be always in grace, having been seasoned with salt, to know how it is necessary for you⁺ to answer each one. Greetings from Paul’s Fellow Workers (Romans 16:21–23) All the things concerning me, Tychicus will make known to you⁺—the beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow servant in the Lord, whom I sent to you⁺ for this, that you⁺ may know the things concerning us,4.8 BYZ and TR concerning you and he may encourage your⁺ hearts, with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is of you⁺. They will make known to you⁺ all things here. Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you⁺, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, concerning whom you⁺ received commands—if he shall come to you⁺, welcome him— and also Jesus who is called Justus, these being the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God of the circumcision, who became a comfort to me. Epaphras greets you⁺, who is of you⁺, a servant of Christ Jesus,4.12 BYZ and TR of Christ always striving for you⁺ in the prayers, so that you⁺ may stand mature and fully assured4.12 BYZ and TR mature and complete in all the will of God. For I testify for him that he has much distress4.13 BYZ and TR he has great zeal for you⁺ and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis. Luke, the beloved physician, greets you⁺, and Demas. Signature and Final Instructions (1 Corinthians 16:19–24; 2 Thessalonians 3:16–18) Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her house.4.15 BYZ and TR Nymphas and the church in his house And when the letter may be read among you⁺, cause that it may be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you⁺ also may read the one from Laodicea. And say to Archippus: “See to the ministry that you received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.” The greeting is in my hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you⁺.4.18 BYZ and TR include Amen.