New American Standard Bible 1995
Colossians 1:17-23
17He 12is before all things, and in Him all things 3hold together. 18He is also 4head of 5the body, the church; and He is 6the beginning, 7the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19For 8it was 9the Father’s good pleasure for all 10the 11fullness to dwell in Him, 20and through Him to 12reconcile all things to Himself, having made 13peace through 14the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, 15whether things on earth or things in 16heaven.
21And although you were 17formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, 22yet He has now 18reconciled you in His fleshly 19body through death, in order to 20present you before Him 21holy and blameless and beyond reproach-- 23if indeed you continue in 22the faith firmly 23established and steadfast, and not moved away from the 24hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed 25in all creation under heaven, 26and of which I, Paul, 27was made a 2829minister.
Notes
- 1. Colossians 1:17 Or has existed prior to ↩
- 2. Colossians 1:17 John 1:1; 8:58 ↩
- 3. Colossians 1:17 Or endure ↩
- 4. Colossians 1:18 Eph 1:22 ↩
- 5. Colossians 1:18 Eph 1:23; Col 1:24; 2:19 ↩
- 6. Colossians 1:18 Rev 3:14 ↩
- 7. Colossians 1:18 Acts 26:23 ↩
- 8. Colossians 1:19 Or all the fullness was pleased to dwell ↩
- 9. Colossians 1:19 Eph 1:5 ↩
- 10. Colossians 1:19 John 1:16 ↩
- 11. Colossians 1:19 I.e. fullness of deity ↩
- 12. Colossians 1:20 2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16 ↩
- 13. Colossians 1:20 Rom 5:1; Eph 2:14 ↩
- 14. Colossians 1:20 Eph 2:13 ↩
- 15. Colossians 1:20 Col 1:16 ↩
- 16. Colossians 1:20 Lit the heavens ↩
- 17. Colossians 1:21 Rom 5:10; Eph 2:3, 12 ↩
- 18. Colossians 1:22 2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16 ↩
- 19. Colossians 1:22 Rom 7:4 ↩
- 20. Colossians 1:22 Eph 5:27; Col 1:28 ↩
- 21. Colossians 1:22 Eph 1:4 ↩
- 22. Colossians 1:23 Or in faith ↩
- 23. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:17; Col 2:7 ↩
- 24. Colossians 1:23 Col 1:5 ↩
- 25. Colossians 1:23 Mark 16:15; Acts 2:5; Col 1:6 ↩
- 26. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:7; Col 1:25 ↩
- 27. Colossians 1:23 Lit became ↩
- 28. Colossians 1:23 Or servant ↩
- 29. Colossians 1:23 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
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
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