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12 giving-thanks to the Father having qualified you for your part[a] of the share[b] of [c] the saints[d] in the light[e], 13 Who delivered[f] us out of the authority[g] of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of [h] His love, 14 in Whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins—

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Or, share, portion.
  2. Colossians 1:12 Or, allotment, lot.
  3. Colossians 1:12 That is, belonging to.
  4. Colossians 1:12 Or, holy ones.
  5. Colossians 1:12 That is, your share of the allotted inheritance... found in the kingdom or realm of light; or, having qualified you... by the light; or, of the saints who are in the light (heaven).
  6. Colossians 1:13 Or, rescued.
  7. Colossians 1:13 Or, jurisdiction, dominion.
  8. Colossians 1:13 That is, the Son who is the object of His Love, and thus, His beloved Son.

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