15 December - Philemon 1 And Colossians 1-4

Jude Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:55 am

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

PHILEMON 1

1Sha’ul, a prisoner of Messiah יהושע, and Timothy the brother, to Philemon our beloved one and fellow worker,

2and Apphia our sister, and Archippos our fellow soldier, and the assembly at your house:

3Favour to you and peace from Elohim our Father and the Master יהושע Messiah.

4I always thank my Elohim when I mention you in my prayers,

5hearing of your love and the belief which you have toward the Master יהושע and toward all the set-apart ones,

6so that the sharing of your belief might become working in the knowledge of all the good which is in you toward Messiah יהושע.

7For we have much joy and encouragement in your love, because the tender affections of the set-apart ones have been refreshed by you, brother.

8Therefore, although I have much boldness in Messiah to command you what is fitting,

9because of love, I rather appeal – being such a one as Sha’ul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of יהושע Messiah –

10I appeal to you for my child Onesimos, whom I brought forth while in my chains,

11who formerly was of no use to you, but now is of good use to you and to me,

12whom I sent back to you, and receive him, that is, my own tender affections,

13whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

14But without your opinion I wished to do none at all, so that your good deed should not be by way of necessity, but voluntary.

15For he parted from you for a while, possibly because of this, so that you might have him back forever,

16no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me, and how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Master.

17So, if you regard me as your partner, receive him as you would me.

18But if he has wronged you or owes you whatever, put that on my account.

19I, Sha’ul, wrote with my own hand. I shall repay – not to mention to you that you indeed owe yourself to me also.

20Yes, brother, let me derive pleasure from you in the Master, refresh my tender affections in the Master.

21Trusting in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you shall do even more than I say.

22And at the same time also prepare a place for me to stay, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given to you.

23Epaphras, fellow prisoner of me in Messiah יהושע, greets you,

24and Mark, Aristarchos, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.

25The favour of our Master יהושע Messiah be with your spirit. Amĕn.

COLOSSIANS 1

1Sha’ul, an emissary of יהושע Messiah by the desire of Elohim, and Timothy our brother,

2to the set-apart ones in Colosse, and true brothers in Messiah: Favour to you and peace from Elohim our Father and the Master יהושע Messiah.

3We give thanks to the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, praying always for you,

4having heard of your belief in Messiah יהושע and of your love for all the set-apart ones,

5because of the expectation that is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,

6which has come to you, as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and growing, as also among you, since the day you heard and knew the favour of Elohim in truth,

7as you also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a true servant of Messiah on your behalf,

8who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

9That is also why we, from the day we heard, have not ceased praying for you, and asking that you be filled with the knowledge of His desire in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

10to walk worthily of the Master, pleasing all, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of Elohim,

11being empowered with all power, according to the might of His esteem, for all endurance and patience with joy,

12giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit to share in the inheritance of the set-apart ones in the light,

13who has delivered us from the authority of darknessa and transferred us into the reign of the Son of His love,

14in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins,

15who is the likeness of the invisible Elohim, the first-born of all creation.a

16Because in Him were created all that are in the heavens and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or rulerships or principalities or authorities – all have been created through Him and for Him.

17And He is before all, and in Him all hold together.

18And He is the Head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that He might become the One who is first in all.

19Because in Him all the completeness was well pleased to dwell,

20and through Him to completely restore to favour all unto Himself, whether on earth or in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of His stake.

21And you, who once were estranged and enemies in the mind by wicked works, but now He has completely restored to favour

22in the body of His flesh through death, to present you set-apart, and blameless, and unreprovable before Him,

23if indeed you continue in the belief, founded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the expectation of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed to every creature under the heaven, of which I, Sha’ul, became a servant,

24who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in Messiah’s afflictions, for the sake of His Body, which is the assembly,

25of which I became a servant according to the administration of Elohim which was given to me for you, to fill the word of Elohim,

26the secret which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His set-apart ones,

27to whom Elohim desired to make known what are the riches of the esteem of this secret among the gentiles: which is Messiah in you,a the expectancy of esteem,

28whom we announce, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, in order to present every man perfect in Messiah יהושע,

29for which I also labour, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power.

COLOSSIANS 2

1For I wish you to know what a great struggle I have for you and those in Laodikeia, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

2in order that their hearts might be encouraged, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the entire confirmation of understanding, to a true knowledge of the secret of Elohim, and of the Father, and of the Messiah,

3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.a

4And this I say, so that no one deceives you with enticing words.

5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your belief in Messiah.

6Therefore, as you accepted Messiah יהושע the Master, walk in Him,

7having been rooted and built up in Him, and established in the belief, as you were taught, overflowing in it with thanksgiving.

8See to it that no one makes a prey of you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary matters of the world,a and not according to Messiah.

9Because in Him dwells all the completeness of the Mightiness bodily,

10and you have been made complete in Him, who is the Head of all principality and authority.

11In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Messiah,

12having been buried with Him in immersion, in which you also were raised with Him through the belief in the working of Elohim, who raised Him from the dead.

13And you, being dead in your trespassesa and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

14having blotted out the certificate of debt against us – by the dogmas – which stood against us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the stake.

15Having stripped the principalities and the authorities, He made a public display of them, having prevailed over them in it.

16Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths –

17which are a shadow of what is to come – but the Body of the Messiah.

18Let no one deprive you of the prize, one who takes delight in false humility and worship of messengers, taking his stand on what he has not seen, puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the Body – nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments – grows with the growth of Elohim.

20If, then, you died with Messiah from the elementary mattersa of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations:

21“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle” –

22which are all to perish with use – according to the commands and teachings of men?a

23These indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed worship, humiliation and harsh treatment of the body – of no value at all, only for satisfaction of the flesh.

COLOSSIANS 3

1If, then, you were raised with Messiah, seek the matters which are above, where Messiah is, seated at the right hand of Elohim.

2Mind the matters above, not those on the earth.

3For you have died, and your life has been hidden with Messiah in Elohim.

4When the Messiah, who is our life, is manifested, then you also shall be manifested with Him in esteem.

5Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: whoring, uncleanness, passion, evil desire and greed of gain, which is idolatry.

6Because of these the wrath of Elohim is coming upon the sons of disobedience,a

7in which you also once walked when you lived in them.

8But now, also put off all these: displeasure, wrath, evil, blasphemy, filthy talk from your mouth.

9Do not lie to each other, since you have put off the old mana with his practices,

10and have put on the new one who is renewed in knowledge according to the likeness of Him who created him,

11where there is not Greek and Yehuḏite, circumcised and uncircumcised, foreigner, Scythian, slave, free, but Messiah is all, and in all.

12Therefore, as chosen ones of Elohim, set-apart and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, patience,

13bearing with one another, and forgiving each other if anyone has a complaint against another, indeed, as Messiah forgave you so also should you.

14But above all these put on love, which is a bond of the perfection.

15And let the peace of Elohim rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one Body, and be filled with thanks.

16Let the Word of Messiaha dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing with pleasure in your hearts to the Master in psalms and songs of praise and spiritual songs.

17And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Master יהושע, giving thanks to Elohim the Father through Him.

18Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as is proper in the Master.

19Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

20Children, obey your parents in all, for this is well-pleasing to the Master.

21Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

22Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all respects, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing Elohim.

23And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Master and not to men,

24knowing that from the Master you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Master, Messiah, you serve.

25But he who does wrong shall be repaid for the wrong which he has done, and there is no partiality.

COLOSSIANS 4

1Masters, give your servants what is righteous and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in the heavens.

2Continue in prayer, watching therein, with thanksgiving,

3praying at the same time also for us, that Elohim would open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of Messiah, for which I am also in chains,

4so that I make it clear, as I should speak.

5Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

6Let your word always be with favour, seasoned with salt, so that you know how you ought to answer each one.

7Tuchikos, who is a beloved brother, a true servant, and a fellow servant in the Master, shall give you all the news about me.

8I am sending him to you for this purpose, to know your circumstances and to encourage your hearts,

9with Onesimos, a true and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall let you know all the news here.

10Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the relative of Barnaḇah about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him,

11also Yeshua who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for the reign of Elohim who are of the circumcision, who were to me a comfort.

12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Messiah, greets you, always wrestling for you in prayers, so that you stand perfecta and complete in all the desire of Elohim.

13For I bear him witness that he has a deep concern for you, and for those who are in Laodikeia and those in Hierapolis.

14Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.

15Greet the brothers in Laodikeia, and Numpha and the assembly that is in his house.

16And when this letter is read among you, see that it is read also in the assembly of the Laodikeians, and that you likewise read the letter from Laodikeia.

17And say to Archippos, “See to the service which you have received in the Master, so that you complete it.”

18This greeting is in my own hand – Sha’ul. Remember my chains. Favour be with you. Amĕn.