Colossians 3:13

“bearing with one another and forgiving each other if anyone has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord also forgave you, so also you must forgive.”

Colossians 3:13 · direct translation from the Greek
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Forgive one another as the Lord forgave youForgivenessAbove all, put on love, which binds everything togetherLoveA garment of compassion, humility, and patience, and songs togetherThe Church and CommunityPaul invites us to put on gentleness and patience and to forgive as the Lord forgaveWaiting on God

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Colossians 3:13, word by word

bearing withἀνεχόμενοιanechomenoi

bear with

Bear with, put up with patiently.

Where else “anechomenoi” appears
one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn

one another

One another, each other.

Where else “allēlōn” appears
forgivingχαριζόμενοιcharizomenoi

forgive

To cancel a debt or wrong.

Where else “charizomenoi” appears
hasἔχῃechēi

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

Where else “echēi” appears
a complaintμομφήνmomphēn

complaint

Complaint, a reason to blame another.

Where else “momphēn” appears
the Lordκύριοςkyrios

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

Where else “kyrios” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

Many manuscripts read “the Messiah.”

The context

12So put on, as chosen ones of God, holy and beloved, compassionate affection, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,

13 · This verse (above)

14And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of completeness.

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