Colossians 1:12 BSB

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

KJV

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

On The Holy Spirit, Chapter 8 (379)

For He Himself has bound the strong man and spoiled his goods, that is, us men, whom our enemy had abused in every evil activity, and made "vessels meet for the Master's use" us who have been perfected for every work through the making ready of that part of us which is in our own control. Thus we have had our approach to the Father through Him, being translated from "the power of darkness to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Giving thanks unto the Father - Knowing that ye have nothing but what ye have received from his mere mercy, and that in point of merit ye can never claim any thing from him. Which hath made us meet - Ἱκανωσαντι· Who has qualified us to be partakers, etc. Instead of ἱκανωσαντι, some MSS. and versions have καλεσαντι, called; and B (the Codex Vaticanus) has both readings. Giving thanks unto the Father, who hath called and qualified us to be partakers. Of the inheritance - Εις την μεριδα του κληρου.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The connection is not, "We do not cease to pray for you (Col 1:9) giving thanks." unto the Father--of Jesus Christ, and so our Father by adoption (Ga 3:26; 4:4-6). which hath made us meet--Greek, "who made us meet." Not "is making us meet" by progressive growth in holiness; but once for all made us meet.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εὐχαριστοῦντες	eucharistountes	giving thanks	G2168 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
πατρὶ	patri	Father	G3962 →
τῷ	tō	the [One]	G3588 →
ἱκανώσαντι	hikanōsanti	having qualified	G2427 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
μερίδα	merida	share	G3310 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κλήρου	klērou	inheritance	G2819 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἁγίων	hagiōn	saints	G40 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
φωτί,	phōti	light,	G5457 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 1:18
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
leads to
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
  For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
- Luke 24:45
  Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
Through
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
leads to
- Ephesians 1:18
  I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Through
Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
leads to
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Through
Romans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
leads to
- Galatians 4:7
  So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Through
Acts 20:32
And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
leads to
- Ephesians 1:14
  who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.