en_tn/en_tn_52-COL.tsv

1	Book	Chapter	Verse	ID	SupportReference	OrigQuote	Occurrence	GLQuote	OccurrenceNote
2	COL	front	intro	d9hy			0
3	COL	1	intro	gtm3			0
4	COL	1	1	h5gl	figs-inclusive		0	General Information:
5	COL	1	1	fny3			0	an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God	whom God chose to be an apostle of Christ Jesus
6	COL	1	3	q1su	figs-exclusive		0	We give ... our Lord ... we always	These words do not include the Colossians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
7	COL	1	4	km8w	figs-exclusive		0	We have heard	Paul is excluding his audience. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
8	COL	1	4	z6eb			0	your faith in Christ Jesus	your belief in Christ Jesus
9	COL	1	5	n1qz	figs-metonymy		0	because of the certain hope reserved for you in heaven
10	COL	1	5	xn8s			0	the word of truth, the gospel
11	COL	1	6	wk21	figs-metaphor		0	This gospel is bearing fruit and is growing
12	COL	1	6	z3g5	figs-hyperbole		0	in all the world
13	COL	1	6	ait7			0	the grace of God in truth	the true grace of God
14	COL	1	7	f8t1	figs-exclusive		0	our beloved ... our behalf
15	COL	1	7	mjv5			0	gospel as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who
16	COL	1	7	q8gt			0	Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf
17	COL	1	7	pz3h	translate-names		0	Epaphras	the man who preached the gospel to the people in Colossae (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
18	COL	1	8	k2k9	figs-exclusive		0	to us
19	COL	1	8	e7ez	figs-metaphor		0	your love in the Spirit
20	COL	1	9	iyq4			0	Connecting Statement:	Because the Spirit has enabled them to love others, Paul prays for them and tells them here how he prays for them.
21	COL	1	9	s83e			0	Because of this love	Because the Holy Spirit has enabled you to love other believers
22	COL	1	9	f2xd	figs-exclusive		0	we heard ... we have not stopped ... We have been asking
23	COL	1	9	u7zh			0	from the day we heard this	from the day Epaphras told us these things
24	COL	1	9	w2a7	figs-metaphor		0	that you will be filled with the knowledge of his will
25	COL	1	9	mzz8			0	in all wisdom and spiritual understanding	, so that the Holy Spirit will make you wise and able to understand what God wants you to do
26	COL	1	10	cz4a	figs-exclusive		0	We have been praying
27	COL	1	10	m4hf	figs-metaphor		0	that you will walk worthily of the Lord
28	COL	1	10	vv4g			0	in pleasing ways	in ways that will please the Lord
29	COL	1	10	vfp3	figs-metaphor		0	will bear fruit	Paul is speaking of the Colossian believers as if they were trees or plants. As a plant grows and bears fruit, so also believers are to keep getting to know God better and doing good deeds. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
30	COL	1	11	gxv6	figs-exclusive		0	We pray
31	COL	1	11	mzf2	figs-metaphor		0	into all perseverance and patience	Paul speaks of the Colossian believers as if God would move them into a location of perseverance and patience. In reality, he is praying that they will never stop trusting in God and that they will be completely patient as they honor him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
32	COL	1	12	t5lw			0	has made you able to have a share	has allowed you to share
33	COL	1	12	lt2q			0	has made you able	Here Paul is focusing on his readers as receivers of God's blessings. But he does not mean that he himself has no share in those blessings.
34	COL	1	12	r2zw	figs-metaphor		0	inheritance	Receiving what God has promised believers is spoken of as if it were inheriting property and wealth from a family member. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
35	COL	1	12	hkf5	figs-metaphor		0	in light
36	COL	1	13	g9d3			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul talks about the ways in which Christ is excellent.
37	COL	1	13	mv87			0	He has rescued us	God has rescued us
38	COL	1	13	dw5k	figs-metaphor		0	the dominion of darkness
39	COL	1	13	zav6	guidelines-sonofgodprinciples		0	his beloved Son
40	COL	1	14	wh6q	figs-metaphor		0	in whom
41	COL	1	14	v5d8			0	we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins
42	COL	1	15	j5u9	figs-metaphor		0	He is the image of the invisible God
43	COL	1	15	h945	figs-metaphor		0	the firstborn of all creation
44	COL	1	15	af6b	figs-abstractnoun		0	all creation
45	COL	1	16	kru3	figs-activepassive		0	For by him all things were created
46	COL	1	16	zl7j	figs-activepassive		0	all things were created by him and for him
47	COL	1	17	wk9y			0	He himself is before all things	It is he who existed before all things
48	COL	1	17	m4lp	figs-activepassive		0	in him all things hold together
49	COL	1	18	qsf3			0	He is the head	Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the head
50	COL	1	18	q8i3	figs-metaphor		0	He is the head of the body, the church	Paul speaks of Jesus' position over the church as if he were the head on the human body. As the head rules the body, so does Jesus rule the church. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
51	COL	1	18	j6uq			0	the beginning
52	COL	1	18	s12x			0	firstborn from among the dead	Jesus is the first person to die and come back to life, never to die again.
53	COL	1	20	zh4u	guidelines-sonofgodprinciples		0	Son	This is an important title for Jesus, the Son of God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])
54	COL	1	20	as3p			0	through the blood of his cross	by means of the blood Jesus shed on the cross
55	COL	1	20	x5av	figs-metonymy		0	the blood of his cross
56	COL	1	21	kv5u			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul makes it clear that God has now revealed that Christ exchanges the sin of Gentile believers for his holiness.
57	COL	1	21	imq1			0	At one time, you also	There was a time when you Colossian believers also
58	COL	1	21	wp3t			0	were strangers to God
59	COL	1	22	ejt4	figs-metaphor		0	to present you holy, blameless, and above reproach before him	Paul is describing the Colossians as though Jesus had physically cleaned them, put them in clean clothes, and brought them to stand before God the Father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
60	COL	1	22	u94j	figs-parallelism		0	blameless, and above reproach
61	COL	1	22	lf5a	figs-metaphor		0	before him
62	COL	1	23	d9kg	figs-activepassive		0	that was proclaimed	that believers proclaimed (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
63	COL	1	23	q21b			0	to every person created under heaven	to every person in the world
64	COL	1	23	g8iq	figs-metonymy		0	the gospel of which I, Paul, became a servant
65	COL	1	24	rcw3			0	I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ	Paul speaks about the suffering that he continues to experience. He may be acknowledging here that there is much suffering that he and all other Christians must endure before Christ comes again, and that Christ in a spiritual sense joins with them in experiencing these hardships. Paul certainly does not mean that Christ's sufferings alone were not enough to provide salvation for the believers.
66	COL	1	24	fm9y	figs-metaphor		0	I fill up in my flesh	Paul speaks of his body as if it were a container that could hold suffering. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
67	COL	1	24	mge9	figs-metaphor		0	for the sake of his body, which is the church	Paul often speaks of the church, the group of all Christian believers, as if it were Christ's body. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
68	COL	1	25	t6ud	figs-metaphor		0	to fulfill the word of God
69	COL	1	26	f3mt	figs-activepassive		0	This is the secret truth that was hidden
70	COL	1	26	z8gv			0	for ages and for generations
71	COL	1	26	a9kw	figs-activepassive		0	now it has been revealed
72	COL	1	27	c8yb	figs-metaphor		0	the riches of the glory of this secret truth
73	COL	1	27	c7ln	figs-metaphor		0	Christ in you	Paul speaks of the believers as if they were actual containers in which Christ is present. This is one of his ways of expressing the union of the believers with Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
74	COL	1	27	mr83			0	the hope of glory	so you can confidently expect to share in God's glory
75	COL	1	28	va1x	figs-exclusive		0	we proclaim ... We admonish ... we teach ... we may present	These words do not include the Colossians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
76	COL	1	28	na8w			0	We admonish every person	We warn everyone
77	COL	1	28	lyz1	figs-explicit		0	so that we may present every person
78	COL	1	28	uk2i	figs-metaphor		0	complete
79	COL	2	intro	p3uc			0
80	COL	2	1	tt6v			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul continues to encourage the believers in Colossae and Laodicea to understand that Christ is God and that he lives in believers, so they should live in the same way they received him.
81	COL	2	1	dqg5			0	how great a struggle I have had for you	Paul has exerted much effort in developing their purity and understanding of the gospel.
82	COL	2	1	fn4z			0	those at Laodicea	This was a city very close to Colossae where there was also a church for which Paul was praying.
83	COL	2	1	rj7d	figs-synecdoche		0	as many as have not seen my face in the flesh
84	COL	2	2	ge1w	figs-pronouns		0	so that their hearts
85	COL	2	2	a4px			0	brought together	This means brought together in a close relationship.
86	COL	2	2	kdg8	figs-metaphor		0	all the riches of full assurance of understanding	Paul speaks of a person who is completely sure that the good news is true as though that person were rich in physical things. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
87	COL	2	2	qgi2			0	the secret truth of God	This is knowledge that can be revealed only by God.
88	COL	2	2	v13e			0	that is, Christ	Jesus Christ is the secret truth revealed by God.
89	COL	2	3	w74d	figs-activepassive		0	In him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden
90	COL	2	3	w4mr	figs-metaphor		0	the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
91	COL	2	3	vd98	figs-doublet		0	wisdom and knowledge	These words mean basically the same thing here. Paul uses them together to emphasize that all spiritual understanding comes from Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
92	COL	2	4	j8di			0	trick	This means to cause someone to believe something that is not true, so he acts on that belief, and suffers harm as a result.
93	COL	2	4	y4r3			0	persuasive speech	speech that will make a person think differently
94	COL	2	5	g1rp	figs-metonymy		0	not with you in the flesh
95	COL	2	5	bz56	figs-idiom		0	I am with you in spirit
96	COL	2	5	ev9p			0	good order	doing things properly
97	COL	2	5	hth1			0	the strength of your faith	how nothing and no one can cause you to stop believing
98	COL	2	6	m3f1	figs-metaphor		0	walk in him
99	COL	2	7	e2x6	figs-idiom		0	Be rooted ... be built ... be established ... abound
100	COL	2	7	fw47	figs-metaphor		0	Be rooted in him	Paul speaks of a person with true faith in Christ as if that person were a tree growing in solid ground with deep roots. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
101	COL	2	7	tb5m	figs-metaphor		0	be built on him	Paul speaks of a person with true faith in Christ as if that person were a building that has a strong foundation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
102	COL	2	7	yh83			0	be established in faith	trust in Jesus for everything
103	COL	2	7	l1is			0	just as you were taught
104	COL	2	7	j47d	figs-metaphor		0	abound in thanksgiving
105	COL	2	8	cbw5			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul urges the believers to be careful not to turn to the words and rules of others because nothing can add to the fullness of God that believers have in Christ.
106	COL	2	8	lm1v			0	See that	Make sure that
107	COL	2	8	ga9l	figs-metaphor		0	captures you	Paul speaks of the way a person can believe false teachings (because they believe false things or love the wrong things) as if someone had physically caught and held that person by force. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
108	COL	2	8	p3vx			0	philosophy	religious doctrines and beliefs that are not from God's word but are based on man's thoughts about God and life
109	COL	2	8	t8xx	figs-metaphor		0	empty deceit	Paul speaks of false ideas that produce nothing and so are without value as though they are containers with nothing in them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
110	COL	2	8	l9jt			0	the tradition of men ... the elements of the world
111	COL	2	9	ahq5			0	in him all the fullness of God lives in bodily form	God's total nature lives in physical form in Christ
112	COL	2	10	lbk7	figs-metaphor		0	You have been filled in him
113	COL	2	10	je36	figs-metaphor		0	who is the head over every power and authority	Christ is the ruler over every other ruler (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
114	COL	2	11	xeq7	figs-metaphor		0	In him you were also circumcised
115	COL	2	11	ii43	figs-metaphor		0	a circumcision not done by humans	With this metaphor, Paul says that God has made Christian believers acceptable to himself in a way that reminded him of circumcision, the ceremony through which Hebrew male babies were added to the community of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
116	COL	2	12	ln8e	figs-metaphor		0	You were buried with him in baptism
117	COL	2	12	g1rq	figs-metaphor		0	in him you were raised up
118	COL	2	12	rec6	figs-activepassive		0	you were raised up
119	COL	2	13	v6vi	figs-metaphor		0	When you were dead
120	COL	2	13	f9ms	figs-metaphor		0	you were dead ... he made you alive	With this metaphor Paul speaks of coming into new spiritual life as if it were coming back to life physically. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
121	COL	2	13	wh4z			0	dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh	You were dead on two accounts: 1) you were spiritually dead, living a life of sin against Christ and 2) you were not circumcised according to the law of Moses.
122	COL	2	13	k2hw			0	forgave us all of our trespasses	he forgave us, both us Jews and you Gentiles, of all our trespasses
123	COL	2	14	w22z	figs-metaphor		0	He canceled the written record of debts that stood against us	Paul speaks of the way God forgives our sins as if it were the way a person, to whom many people owe money or goods, destroys the record of that debt so they do not have to pay him back. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
124	COL	2	15	gh24	figs-metaphor		0	made a public spectacle of them	In Roman times, it was common practice for the Roman armies to have a victory parade when they returned home, displaying all the prisoners they had captured and goods they had obtained. God was victorious over the evil powers and authorities. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
125	COL	2	15	cg37	figs-metonymy		0	by the cross
126	COL	2	16	cii9			0	in eating or in drinking
127	COL	2	16	b4kd			0	about a feast day or a new moon, or about Sabbath days
128	COL	2	17	ip3a	figs-metaphor		0	These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance is Christ
129	COL	2	18	zv2t	figs-metaphor		0	Let no one ... judge you out of your prize
130	COL	2	18	b5ce	figs-metonymy		0	who wants humility
131	COL	2	18	kn5d	figs-metaphor		0	enters into the things he has seen	Here Paul speaks about people who claim to have dreams and visions from God and who talk proudly about them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
132	COL	2	18	p7q4	figs-activepassive		0	becomes puffed up by his fleshly thinking
133	COL	2	18	wp42	figs-metaphor		0	puffed up	Here a person who boasts is spoken of as if he were an object into which someone had blown air to make it larger than it should be. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
134	COL	2	18	if94	figs-metaphor		0	his fleshly thinking
135	COL	2	19	m2dz	figs-metaphor		0	He does not hold on to the head
136	COL	2	19	r4ca	figs-metaphor		0	It is from the head that the whole body throughout its joints and ligaments is supplied and held together
137	COL	2	20	yg7h	figs-metaphor		0	If you died together with Christ to the elements of the world	With this metaphor, Paul speaks of a believer as a person who is spiritually united with Christ: as Christ died, so the believer has spiritually died; as Christ has come back to life, so the believer has come back to spiritual life, that is, to responsiveness to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
138	COL	2	20	uu77			0	live as obligated to the world	think you must obey the desires of the world
139	COL	2	20	fe1k	figs-metonymy		0	the world	the thoughts, desires, and assumptions of the sinful majority of the world's people (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
140	COL	2	21	v9e7			0	Connecting Statement:
141	COL	2	21	n3ne	figs-rquestion		0
142	COL	2	21	b392			0	Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch
143	COL	2	23	y2dc			0	These rules have the wisdom of self-made religion and humility and severity of the body	These rules seem wise to unbelieving people because they allow those who follow them to appear humble because they hurt their own bodies
144	COL	2	23	e7p5			0	have no value against the indulgence of the flesh	do not help you stop following your human desires
145	COL	3	intro	qtl2			0
146	COL	3	1	ya97			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul warns the believers that because they are one with Christ, they ought not do certain things.
147	COL	3	1	r5yh	figs-idiom		0	If then
148	COL	3	1	t1jv	figs-pastforfuture		0	God has raised you with Christ
149	COL	3	1	p3fw			0	things above	things in heaven
150	COL	3	3	l9yk	figs-metaphor		0	For you have died	As Christ actually died, so God counts the Colossian believers as having died with Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
151	COL	3	3	gkz6	figs-activepassive		0	your life is hidden with Christ in God
152	COL	3	4	n4nj	figs-metonymy		0	who is your life	Christ is the one who gives spiritual life to the believer. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
153	COL	3	5	p9w9			0	uncleanness	impure behavior
154	COL	3	5	e65k			0	passion	strong, lustful desire
155	COL	3	5	h5v4			0	greed, which is idolatry
156	COL	3	6	s9lm			0	wrath of God	God's anger against those who do evil as shown by what he does to punish them.
157	COL	3	6	bxk8	figs-idiom		0	the sons of disobedience
158	COL	3	7	p4q8	figs-metaphor		0	It is in these things that you also once walked
159	COL	3	7	s824	figs-metaphor		0	when you lived in them
160	COL	3	8	d3wr			0	evil intentions	desire to do wicked deeds
161	COL	3	8	lgz1			0	insults	speech used to hurt others
162	COL	3	8	f59z			0	obscene speech	words that do not belong in polite conversation
163	COL	3	8	n23c	figs-metonymy		0	from your mouth
164	COL	3	9	c6tk			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul continues to tell the believers how to live and reminds them that Christians should treat everyone according to the same standard.
165	COL	3	9	vsd8	figs-metaphor		0	you have taken off the old man with its practices	Here Paul is speaking of a Christian's rejecting his old sinful life as if it were an old garment that he takes off in order to put on a new garment. It was very common for Israelites such as Paul to speak of moral qualities as if they were pieces of clothing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
166	COL	3	10	brx6	figs-metaphor		0	and you have put on the new man	Here Paul is speaking of a Christian's rejecting his old sinful life as if it were an old garment that he takes off (verse 9) in order to put on a new garment. It was very common for Israelites such as Paul to speak of moral qualities as if they were pieces of clothing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
167	COL	3	10	d15v	figs-metonymy		0	the image	This refers to Jesus Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
168	COL	3	11	t2w2	figs-metonymy		0	there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman
169	COL	3	11	vt4t			0	barbarian	a foreigner who does not know local customs
170	COL	3	11	n7by			0	Scythian	This is someone from the land of Scythia, which was outside the Roman Empire. Greeks and Romans used this word for someone who grew up in a place where everyone did wicked things all the time.
171	COL	3	11	i964	figs-explicit		0	Christ is all, and is in all
172	COL	3	12	b5ti	figs-activepassive		0	as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved
173	COL	3	12	d217	figs-metaphor		0	put on a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience
174	COL	3	13	r8iy			0	Bear with one another
175	COL	3	13	rts1			0	Be gracious to each other	Treat each other better than they deserve for you to treat them
176	COL	3	13	p474	figs-abstractnouns		0	has a complaint against
177	COL	3	14	x5g8	figs-metaphor		0	have love, which is the bond of perfection
178	COL	3	15	hdg5	figs-metonymy		0	Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts
179	COL	3	15	i9hg	figs-metonymy		0	in your hearts
180	COL	3	16	w9dv	figs-metaphor		0	Let the word of Christ live in you
181	COL	3	16	h5k9			0	admonish one another	caution and encourage one another
182	COL	3	16	ubi5			0	with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs	with all sorts of songs to praise God
183	COL	3	16	cnj1	figs-metonymy		0	Sing with thankfulness in your hearts
184	COL	3	17	g8p8			0	in word or in deed	in speaking or in acting
185	COL	3	17	uix9	figs-metonymy		0	in the name of the Lord Jesus
186	COL	3	17	bv84	figs-metaphor		0	through him	Possible meanings are 1) because he has done great deeds or 2) because he has made it possible for people to speak to God and so give him thanks. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
187	COL	3	18	flu9			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul then gives some special instructions to wives, husbands, children, fathers, slaves, and masters.
188	COL	3	18	tt9u			0	Wives, submit to	Wives, obey
189	COL	3	18	b2y3			0	it is appropriate
190	COL	3	19	lc4a			0	do not be bitter against
191	COL	3	21	bvi3			0	do not provoke your children	do not needlessly make your children angry
192	COL	3	22	cx6a			0	obey your masters according to the flesh	obey your human masters
193	COL	3	22	iy1n			0	things, not with eyeservice as people pleasers	things. Do not obey only when your master is watching, as though you need only to please people
194	COL	3	22	r22m	figs-metonymy		0	with a sincere heart
195	COL	3	23	arw4			0	as to the Lord	as you would work for the Lord
196	COL	3	24	f3ed			0	the reward of the inheritance	the inheritance as your reward
197	COL	3	24	p3pw	figs-metaphor		0	inheritance	Receiving what God has promised believers is spoken of as if it were inheriting property and wealth from a family member. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
198	COL	3	25	u5lx			0	anyone who does unrighteousness will receive the penalty
199	COL	3	25	ak8j			0	who does unrighteousness	who actively does wrong of any kind
200	COL	3	25	c9fx	figs-abstractnouns		0	there is no favoritism
201	COL	4	intro	nm3y			0
202	COL	4	1	qhd2			0	Connecting Statement:	After speaking to masters, Paul ends his special instructions to the different kinds of believers in the church at Colossae.
203	COL	4	1	ae3y	figs-doublet		0	right and fair	These words mean almost the same thing and are used to emphasize the things that are morally correct. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
204	COL	4	1	t9wy			0	you also have a master in heaven	God wants the relationship between an earthly master and his slave to be loving the way God, the heavenly master, loves his earthly servants, including the earthly slaves' masters.
205	COL	4	2	sct4	figs-exclusive		0	General Information:
206	COL	4	2	wx86			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul continues to give instructions to believers on how to live and speak.
207	COL	4	2	pp1c			0	Continue steadfastly in prayer
208	COL	4	3	ub1i	figs-metaphor		0	God would open a door
209	COL	4	3	lj4f			0	open a door for the word	make an opportunity for us tp preach his message
210	COL	4	3	ce37			0	the secret truth of Christ	This refers to the gospel of Jesus Christ, which was not understood before Christ came.
211	COL	4	3	q4jx	figs-metonymy		0	Because of this, I am chained up
212	COL	4	4	hm5w			0	Pray that I may make it clear	Pray that I might be able to speak the message of Jesus Christ clearly
213	COL	4	5	z3ax	figs-metaphor		0	Walk in wisdom toward those outside
214	COL	4	5	b525	figs-metaphor		0	redeem the time
215	COL	4	6	fuv5	figs-metaphor		0	Let your words always be with grace. Let them be seasoned with salt
216	COL	4	6	c1w4			0	so that you may know how you should answer
217	COL	4	7	vtb1			0	General Information:	Onesimus was a slave of Philemon in Colossae. He had stolen money from Philemon and run away to Rome where he became a Christian through the ministry of Paul. Now Tychicus and Onesimus are the ones bringing Paul's letter to Colossae.
218	COL	4	7	ut91			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul closes with special instructions about certain people as well as greetings to and from individual believers.
219	COL	4	7	xzz4			0	the things concerning me	everything that has been happening to me
220	COL	4	7	p7c1			0	fellow slave
221	COL	4	8	vyq5	figs-exclusive		0	about us	These words do not include the Colossians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
222	COL	4	8	fr1z	figs-metaphor		0	may encourage your hearts
223	COL	4	9	yqh9			0	the faithful and beloved brother	Paul calls Onesimus a fellow Christian and servant of Christ.
224	COL	4	9	n15d			0	They will tell	Tychicus and Onesimus will tell
225	COL	4	9	vb7j			0	everything that has happened here	They will tell the Colossian believers all that is taking place where Paul is currently living. Tradition says Paul was in Rome under house arrest or in prison at this time.
226	COL	4	10	wmf4			0	Aristarchus	He was in prison with Paul in Ephesus when Paul wrote this letter to the Colossians.
227	COL	4	10	cg3a			0	if he comes	if Mark comes
228	COL	4	11	bm6s			0	Jesus who is called Justus	This is a man who also worked with Paul.
229	COL	4	11	ci74	figs-metonymy		0	These alone of the circumcision are my fellow workers for the kingdom of God
230	COL	4	11	p8e9			0	These alone of the circumcision	These men—Aristarchus, Mark, and Justus—alone of the circumcision
231	COL	4	12	et2g			0	General Information:	Laodicea and Hierapolis were towns close to Colossae.
232	COL	4	12	gg86			0	Epaphras	Epaphras was the man who had preached the good news to the people in Colossae (Colossians 1:7).
233	COL	4	12	rq61			0	one of you
234	COL	4	12	ek51			0	a slave of Christ Jesus	a committed disciple of Christ Jesus
235	COL	4	12	p8ff			0	always strives for you in prayer	earnestly prays for you
236	COL	4	12	nuh9			0	you may stand complete and fully assured	you may stand mature and confident
237	COL	4	13	k8vv			0	I bear witness of him, that he works hard for you	I have observed that he has worked very hard for you
238	COL	4	14	hq1k			0	Demas	This is another co-worker with Paul.
239	COL	4	15	sc5g			0	brothers	Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
240	COL	4	15	zkp3			0	in Laodicea	a city very close to Colossae where there was also a church
241	COL	4	15	wyk3			0	Nympha, and the church that is in her house
242	COL	4	17	d39x	figs-you		0
243	COL	4	18	an7s			0	Connecting Statement:	Paul closes his letter with a greeting written in his own handwriting.
244	COL	4	18	h3kx	figs-metonymy		0	Remember my chains
245	COL	4	18	w2vm	figs-metonymy		0	May grace be with you