Colossians 1:13 BSB

Colossians 1:13

He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

KJV

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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Commentary

2 voices

Leo the Great

Commentary (church-history corpus) (461)

"Snatched from the powers of darkness" at such a great "price," and by so great a "mystery," and loosed from the chains of the ancient captivity, make sure, dearly beloved, that the devil does not destroy the integrity of your souls with any stratagem.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness - The power exerted over us in that dark kingdom to which we formerly belonged - the kingdom of Satan. The characteristic of this empire is darkness - the emblem of: (1) Sin; (2) Error; (3) Misery and death. Over us, by nature, these things had uncontrollable power; but now we are delivered from them, and brought to the enjoyment of the privileges of those who are connected with the kingdom of light.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃς	hos	who	G3739 →
ἐρρύσατο	errusato	has delivered	G4506 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ἐξουσίας	exousias	dominion	G1849 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
σκότους	skotous	of darkness	G4655 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μετέστησεν	metestēsen	transferred [us]	G3179 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
βασιλείαν	basileian	kingdom	G932 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
υἱοῦ	huiou	Son	G5207 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ἀγάπης	agapēs	beloved	G26 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him,	G846 →

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
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.
leads to
- Exodus 19:5–6
  Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
  For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
- Revelation 1:6
  who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Revelation 5:10
  You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- Isaiah 61:6
  But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…
Through
Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
leads to
- John 8:12
  Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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
- 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.