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Colossians 1:11-13
New English Translation
Colossians 1:11-13
New English Translation
11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of[a] all patience and steadfastness, joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share[b] in the saints’[c] inheritance in the light. 13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,[d]
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- Colossians 1:11 tn The expression “for the display of” is an attempt to convey in English the force of the Greek preposition εἰς (eis) in this context.
- Colossians 1:12 tn BDAG 473 s.v. ἱκανόω states, “τινὰ εἴς τι someone for someth. Col 1:12.” The point of the text is that God has qualified the saints for a “share” or “portion” in the inheritance of the saints.
- Colossians 1:12 tn Grk “the inheritance of the saints.” The genitive noun τῶν ἁγίων (tōn hagiōn) is a possessive genitive: “the saints’ inheritance.”
- Colossians 1:13 tn Here αὐτοῦ (autou) has been translated as a subjective genitive (“he loves”).
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