New American Standard Bible 2020
Colossians 1:1-6
11PaulG3972, 2an apostleG652 of ChristG5547 JesusG2424 34by the willG2307 of GodG2316, and 5TimothyG5095 6our brotherG80,
2To the 78saintsG40 and faithfulG4103 brothersG80 and sisters in ChristG5547 who are at ColossaeG2857: 9GraceG5485 to you and peaceG1515 from GodG2316 our FatherG3962.
310We 11giveG2168 thanksG2168 to GodG2316, 12the FatherG3962 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547, prayingG4336 alwaysG3842 for you, 413since we heardG191 of your faithG4102 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424 and the 14loveG26 whichG3739 you haveG2192 15for 16allG3956 the 17saintsG40; 5becauseG1223 of the 18hopeG1680 19reservedG606 for you in 20heavenG3772, of whichG3739 you previouslyG4257 21heardG4257 in the wordG3056 of truthG225, 22the gospelG2098 6which has comeG3918 to you, justG2531 asG2531 2324in allG3956 the worldG2889 alsoG2532 it is bearingG2592 25fruitG2592 and 26increasingG837, evenG2531G2532 asG2531 it has been doing in you alsoG2532 sinceG575 the dayG2250 you 27heardG191 it and 28understoodG1921 the graceG5485 of GodG2316 in truthG225;
Notes
- 1. Colossians 1:1 Phil 1:1 ↩
- 2. Colossians 1:1 2 Cor 1:1 ↩
- 3. Colossians 1:1 Lit through ↩
- 4. Colossians 1:1 1 Cor 1:1 ↩
- 5. Colossians 1:1 2 Cor 1:1; 1 Thess 3:2 ↩
- 6. Colossians 1:1 Lit the ↩
- 7. Colossians 1:2 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
- 8. Colossians 1:2 Acts 9:13 ↩
- 9. Colossians 1:2 Rom 1:7 ↩
- 10. Colossians 1:3 Rom 1:8 ↩
- 11. Colossians 1:3 Or always give...praying for you ↩
- 12. Colossians 1:3 Rom 15:6; 2 Cor 1:3 ↩
- 13. Colossians 1:4 Eph 1:15; Philem 5 ↩
- 14. Colossians 1:4 Gal 5:6 ↩
- 15. Colossians 1:4 Or toward ↩
- 16. Colossians 1:4 Eph 6:18 ↩
- 17. Colossians 1:4 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
- 18. Colossians 1:5 Acts 23:6 ↩
- 19. Colossians 1:5 2 Tim 4:8 ↩
- 20. Colossians 1:5 Lit the heavens ↩
- 21. Colossians 1:5 Eph 1:13 ↩
- 22. Colossians 1:5 Or of the gospel ↩
- 23. Colossians 1:6 Or it is in all the world also, bearing ↩
- 24. Colossians 1:6 Rom 10:18 ↩
- 25. Colossians 1:6 Rom 1:13 ↩
- 26. Colossians 1:6 Or spreading abroad ↩
- 27. Colossians 1:6 Eph 4:21 ↩
- 28. Colossians 1:6 Or came to fully know ↩
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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