New American Standard Bible 2020
Colossians 1:18-24
18He is also the 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, 10whether things on earth or things in 11heaven, having made 12peace through 13the blood of His cross.
21And although you were 14previously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds, 22yet He has now 15reconciled you in His 16body of flesh 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 shifting 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 am supplementing what is lacking 29in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of 30His body, which is the church.
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 Col 1:16 ↩
- 11. Colossians 1:20 Lit the heavens ↩
- 12. Colossians 1:20 Rom 5:1; Eph 2:14 ↩
- 13. Colossians 1:20 Eph 2:13 ↩
- 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 Lit of ↩
- 30. Colossians 1:24 Col 1:18 ↩
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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