Colossians 1:11-13

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹¹[We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,

¹²Giving 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,

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Footnotes

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

Colossians 1:11-13

King James Version

¹¹Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

¹²Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

¹³Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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Colossians 1:11-13

New King James Version

¹¹^(A)strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, ^(B)for all patience and longsuffering ^(C)with joy; ¹²^(D)giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of ^(E)the inheritance of the saints in the light. ¹³He has delivered us from ^(F)the power of darkness ^(G)and ^[a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

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Colossians 1:11-13

English Standard Version

¹¹^(A)being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for ^(B)all endurance and patience ^(C)with joy; ¹²^(D)giving thanks^[a] to the Father, who has qualified you^[b] to share in ^(E)the inheritance of the saints in light. ¹³He ^(F)has delivered us from ^(G)the domain of darkness and transferred us to ^(H)the kingdom of ^(I)his beloved Son,