Colossians 1:11-13

Expanded Bible

¹¹ ·God will strengthen you [^L…being strengthened] with ·his own great power [^Lall power according to his glorious might] so that you will not give up when troubles come, but you will ·be patient. ¹² And you will joyfully give thanks [or …have patience with joy, ¹² giving thanks] to the Father who has made you^[a] able to have a share in ·all that he has prepared for his people in the kingdom of light [^Lthe inheritance of the saints/holy ones in the light]. ¹³ ·God [^L…who] has ·freed [rescued; delivered] us from the ·power [authority; dominion] of darkness, and he brought us into the kingdom of his ·dear [dearly loved; beloved] Son,