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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.

13 [The Father] has delivered and [b]drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son [c]of His love,

14 In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Colossians 1:13 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Colossians 1:13 Literal translation.

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) 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(D) and brought us into the kingdom(E) of the Son he loves,(F) 14 in whom we have redemption,(G) the forgiveness of sins.(H)

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us