Colossians 1:6

“that has come to you, just as also in all the world it is bearing fruit and growing, just as it is also among you, from the day you heard and came to know the grace of God in truth;”

Colossians 1:6 · direct translation from the Greek
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Colossians 1:6, word by word

that has comeπαρόντοςparontos

have come

To come to a place and be there now.

Where else “parontos” appears
the worldκόσμῳkosmōi

creation

Everything God made.

Where else “kosmōi” appears
it isἐστὶνestin

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “estin” appears
bearing fruitκαρποφορούμενονkarpophoroumenon

bear fruit

Bear fruit.

Where else “karpophoroumenon” appears
growingαὐξανόμενονauxanomenon

grow

To become larger or stronger over time, like a plant or a child.

Where else “auxanomenon” appears
from the dayἡμέραςhēmeras

day

A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”

Where else “hēmeras” appears
you heardἠκούσατεēkousate

hear

To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.

Where else “ēkousate” appears
came to knowἐπέγνωτεepegnōte

understand

To come to have something clear and sure in the mind, understand it fully.

Where else “epegnōte” appears
the graceχάρινcharin

grace

A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.

Where else “charin” appears
of Godθεοῦtheou

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

Where else “theou” appears
truthἀληθείᾳalētheiai

truly

What is real, not a lie.

Where else “alētheiai” appears

The context

5because of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the good news

6 · This verse (above)

7just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of the Messiah on behalf of us,

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