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12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

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12 Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the [a]portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light.

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father,(A) who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance(B) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.(C)

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

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Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God.

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Not that we are competent in ourselves(A) to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.(B)

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20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

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20 Whenever our hearts in [[a]tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For [b]we are in God’s hands.] For He is above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him].

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  1. 1 John 3:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. 1 John 3:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

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