G2532–καί–kai

because even in Thessalonica you sent several times to minister to my needs.

καὶ kai “even”καὶ kai “both”καὶ kai “and”

I have enough of everything--and more than enough. My wants are fully satisfied now that I have received from the hands of Epaphroditus the generous gifts which you sent me--they are a fragrant odor, an acceptable sacrifice, truly pleasing to God.

καὶ kai “and”

And to our God and Father be the glory throughout the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

καὶ kai “and”

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and Timothy our brother:

καὶ kai “and”

To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,

καὶ kai “and”

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,

καὶ kai “and”

For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

καὶ kai “also”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “also”καὶ kai “and”

as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,

καὶ kai “and”

and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit.

καὶ kai “also”

For this reason we also, from the day we first received these tidings, have never ceased to pray for you and to entreat that you may be filled with a clear knowledge of His will accompanied by thorough wisdom and discernment in spiritual things;

καὶ kai “also”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.

καὶ kai “and”

Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;

καὶ kai “and”

It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,

καὶ kai “and”

For in Him was created the universe of things in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers--all were created, and exist through and for Him.

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

Moreover He is the Head of His Body, the Church. He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, in order that He Himself may in all things occupy the foremost place.

καὶ kai “And”

And God purposed through Him to reconcile the universe to Himself, making peace through His blood, which was shed upon the Cross--to reconcile to Himself through Him, I say, things on earth and things in Heaven.

καὶ kai “and”

And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile in your minds, amidst your evil deeds,

καὶ kai “And”καὶ kai “and”

He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appoin

καὶ kai “and”καὶ kai “and”

Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.

καὶ kai “and”

the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His people,

καὶ kai “and”

Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one, with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into God's presence, made perfect through Christ.

καὶ kai “and”

To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.

καὶ kai “also”