New American Standard Bible 1995
Colossians 1:18-24
18He is also 1head of 2the body, the church; and He is 3the beginning, 4the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19For 5it was 6the Father’s good pleasure for all 7the 8fullness to dwell in Him, 20and through Him to 9reconcile all things to Himself, having made 10peace through 11the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, 12whether things on earth or things in 13heaven.
21And although you were 14formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, 22yet He has now 15reconciled you in His fleshly 16body through death, in order to 17present you before Him 18holy and blameless and beyond reproach-- 23if indeed you continue in 19the faith firmly 20established and steadfast, and not moved away from the 21hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed 22in all creation under heaven, 23and of which I, Paul, 24was made a 2526minister.
2427Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh 28I 29do my share on behalf of 30His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking 31in Christ’s afflictions.
Notes
- 1. Colossians 1:18 Eph 1:22 ↩
- 2. Colossians 1:18 Eph 1:23; Col 1:24; 2:19 ↩
- 3. Colossians 1:18 Rev 3:14 ↩
- 4. Colossians 1:18 Acts 26:23 ↩
- 5. Colossians 1:19 Or all the fullness was pleased to dwell ↩
- 6. Colossians 1:19 Eph 1:5 ↩
- 7. Colossians 1:19 John 1:16 ↩
- 8. Colossians 1:19 I.e. fullness of deity ↩
- 9. Colossians 1:20 2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16 ↩
- 10. Colossians 1:20 Rom 5:1; Eph 2:14 ↩
- 11. Colossians 1:20 Eph 2:13 ↩
- 12. Colossians 1:20 Col 1:16 ↩
- 13. Colossians 1:20 Lit the heavens ↩
- 14. Colossians 1:21 Rom 5:10; Eph 2:3, 12 ↩
- 15. Colossians 1:22 2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16 ↩
- 16. Colossians 1:22 Rom 7:4 ↩
- 17. Colossians 1:22 Eph 5:27; Col 1:28 ↩
- 18. Colossians 1:22 Eph 1:4 ↩
- 19. Colossians 1:23 Or in faith ↩
- 20. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:17; Col 2:7 ↩
- 21. Colossians 1:23 Col 1:5 ↩
- 22. Colossians 1:23 Mark 16:15; Acts 2:5; Col 1:6 ↩
- 23. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:7; Col 1:25 ↩
- 24. Colossians 1:23 Lit became ↩
- 25. Colossians 1:23 Or servant ↩
- 26. Colossians 1:23 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
- 27. Colossians 1:24 Rom 8:17; 2 Cor 1:5; 12:15; Phil 2:17 ↩
- 28. Colossians 1:24 2 Tim 1:8; 2:10 ↩
- 29. Colossians 1:24 Or representatively...fill up ↩
- 30. Colossians 1:24 Col 1:18 ↩
- 31. Colossians 1:24 Lit of ↩
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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