Colossians 1:12

Colossians 1:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
• New King James Version (NKJV)giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Context of Colossians 1:12

10so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light. 13He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves. 14In him we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:12 word by word

εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ πατρὶ τῷ ἱκανώσαντι ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν μερίδα τοῦ κλήρου τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ φωτί,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Giving thanksεὐχαριστέωeucharisteō · to thankG2168
• unto the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• which hath madeἱκανόωhikanoō · to qualifyG2427
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• be partakersμερίςmeris · partG3310
• of the inheritanceκλῆροςklēros · lotG2819
• of the saintsἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457

Cross-references for Colossians 1:12

• Colossians 3:15And let the peace of Christ, to which you were also called in one body, rule your hearts. And be thankful.
• 1 Chronicles 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the Lord your God.” So the whole assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors. They knelt low and paid homage to the Lord and the king.
• Psalms 79:13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever; we will declare your praise to generation after generation.
• Psalms 107:21Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.
• Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.
• Daniel 2:23I offer thanks and praise to you, God of my ancestors, because you have given me wisdom and power. And now you have let me know what we asked of you, for you have let us know the king’s mystery.
• Ephesians 5:4Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
• Colossians 2:2I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery — Christ.
• John 4:23But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship him.
• John 14:6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
• John 20:17“Don’t cling to me,” Jesus told her, “since I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”
• 1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is one God, the Father. All things are from him, and we exist for him. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ. All things are through him, and we exist through him.
• Ephesians 4:6one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
• James 3:9With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in God’s likeness.
• 1 John 1:3what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
• 1 Kings 6:7The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Commentaries on Colossians 1:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Giving thanks unto the Father - Knowing that ye have nothing but what ye have received from his mere mercy, and that in point of merit ye can never claim any thing from him. Which hath made us meet - ̔· Who has qualified us to be partakers, etc. Instead of ̔, some MSS. and versions have , called; and B (the Codex Vaticanus) has both readings. Giving thanks unto the Father, who hath called and qualified us to be partakers. Of the inheritance - . A plain…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Giving thanks to the Father - This is another mode by which we may “walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing” Colossians 1:10; to wit, by rendering appropriate thanks to God for his mercy. The particular point which the apostle here says demanded thanksgiving was, that they had been called from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. This had been done by the special mercy of the Father who had provided the plan of salvation, and had sent his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 The apostle was constant in prayer, that the believers might be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom. Good words will not do without good works. He who undertakes to give strength to his people, is a God of power, and of glorious power. The blessed Spirit is the author of this. In praying for spiritual strength, we are not straitened, or confined in the promises, and should not be so in our hopes and desires. The grace of God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13giving thanks to the Father: having humble gratitude to God for salvation gives powerful help to resist false teachings (see also 2:7; 3:17; 4:2). The inheritance is what God has promised his people (for example, see Deuteronomy 3:28; Psalm 33:12; Ezekiel 44:28). In the New Testament, the inheritance includes salvation and final rescue (see also Ephesians 1:11; Titus 3:7; Hebrews 9:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. You "giving thanks unto the Father." See on Col 1:10; this clause is connected with "that ye may be filled" (Col 1:9), and "that ye may walk" (Col 1:10). The connection is not, "We do not cease to pray for you (Col 1:9) giving thanks." unto the Father--of Jesus Christ, and so our Father by adoption (Ga 3:26; 4:4-6). which hath made us meet--Greek, "who made us meet." Not "is making us meet" by progressive growth in holiness; but once for all made us…Read the comment

Topics related to Colossians 1:12

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Commentaries on Colossians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings