New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 1:12-16

12giving thanks to 1the Father, who has qualified us 2to share in 3the inheritance of the 4saints in 5light. 13 6For He rescued us from the 7 8domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of 9 10His beloved Son, 14 11in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 12He is the 13image of the 14invisible God, the 15firstborn of all creation: 16for 16 17by Him all things were created, 18both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether 19thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities--20all things have been created through Him and for Him.

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Notes

1. Colossians 1:12 Eph 2:18 ↩
2. Colossians 1:12 Lit unto the portion of ↩
3. Colossians 1:12 Acts 20:32 ↩
4. Colossians 1:12 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
5. Colossians 1:12 Acts 26:18 ↩
6. Colossians 1:13 Lit Who rescued ↩
7. Colossians 1:13 Lit authority ↩
8. Colossians 1:13 Eph 6:12 ↩
9. Colossians 1:13 Lit the Son of His love ↩
10. Colossians 1:13 Eph 1:6 ↩
11. Colossians 1:14 Rom 3:24 ↩
12. Colossians 1:15 Lit Who is ↩
13. Colossians 1:15 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
14. Colossians 1:15 John 1:1 ↩
15. Colossians 1:15 Rom 8:29 ↩
16. Colossians 1:16 Or in ↩
17. Colossians 1:16 Eph 1:10 ↩
18. Colossians 1:16 Eph 1:10 ↩
19. Colossians 1:16 Eph 1:20f; Col 2:15 ↩
20. Colossians 1:16 John 1:3; Rom 11:36; 1 Cor 8:6 ↩

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