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giving thanksεὐχαριστοῦντεςto the Fatherτῷ πατρὶwho has qualifiedτῷ ἱκανώσαντιyouὑμᾶςforεἰςthe shareτὴν μερίδαof the inheritanceτοῦ κλήρουof the saintsτῶν ἁγίωνinἐνthe light.τῷ φωτί
Colossians 1:12
Study it in the app“giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for the share of the inheritance of the saints in the light.”
Paul tells what he asks for the Colossians: knowledge, strength and gratitudePrayer
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 1:12, word by word
- giving thanksεὐχαριστοῦντεςeucharistountes
give thanks
Give thanks.
Where else “eucharistountes” appears- to the Fatherπατρὶpatri
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patri” appears- who has qualifiedἱκανώσαντιhikanōsanti
make sufficient, qualify
Make sufficient; qualify, make fit.
Where else “hikanōsanti” appears- the shareμερίδαmerida
share
What falls to someone.
Where else “merida” appears- of the inheritanceκλήρουklērou
share
What falls to someone.
Where else “klērou” appears- of the saintsἁγίωνhagiōn
saints
Believers, set apart because they belong to God.
Where else “hagiōn” appears- the lightφωτίphōti
God's light
God's light that shows the truth.
Where else “phōti” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “has qualified us.”
The context
11being strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory for all endurance and patience, with joy
12 · This verse (above)
13He rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,