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Colossians 1:12

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1:12giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share23 in the saints’24 inheritance in the light.

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Footnotes

  1. 23 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.
  2. 24 Grk “the inheritance of the saints.” The genitive noun τῶν ἁγίων (tōn hagiōn) is a possessive genitive: “the saints’ inheritance.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

NLTNew Living Translation

always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,

KJV 1900King James Version

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: