Colossians 1:12
10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may 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 full endurance and patience, and joyfully
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
- KJV
- Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
- WEB
- giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
- ASV
- giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
- DARBY
- giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,
- BLB
- giving thanks to the Father, the One having qualified you⁺ for the share of the inheritance of the saints in the light,
- ÅB
- så dere med glede takker Faren, som gjorde oss skikkede til å få del i de helliges arvelodd i lyset,
- OTB
- takke Faderen, som har kvalifisert dere til å dele i arven til de hellige i lysets rike.
- B1930
- så I med glede takker Faderen, som gjorde oss skikkede til å få del i de helliges arvelodd i lyset,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 20:32
And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
Read in contextEphesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Read in contextEphesians 1:18
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Read in contextActs 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Read in contextRomans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Read in contextEphesians 3:6
This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
Read in context1 Peter 1:2–5
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:5
And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
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