Colossians 1:2 BSB — MannaFest

Colossians 1:2

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are at Colossæ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

KJV

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

To the saints - Those who professed Christianity. See the note on Eph 1:1. Which are at Colosse - Instead of εν Κολοσσαις, at Colosse, or among the Colossians, ABC, and many other excellent MSS., with both the Syriac, Coptic, Slavonic, Origen, Gregory Nyssen, Amphilochus, Theodoret, Damascenus, Theophylact, and others, read εν Κολασσαις in Colassa, or among the Colassians; and this is most probably the true reading. That this city perished by an earthquake, a short time after the date of this epistle, we have the testimony of Eusebius.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Colosse--written in the oldest manuscripts, "Colasse." As "saints" implies union with God, so "the faithful brethren" union with Christian men [BENGEL]. and the Lord Jesus Christ--supported by some oldest manuscripts omitted by others of equal antiquity.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τοῖς	tois	To those	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Κολοσσαῖς	Kolossais	Colossae	G2857 →
ἁγίοις	hagiois	saints	G40 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πιστοῖς	pistois	faithful	G4103 →
ἀδελφοῖς	adelphois	brothers	G80 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Χριστῷ·	Christō	Christ:	G5547 →
χάρις	charis	Grace	G5485 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰρήνη	eirēnē	peace	G1515 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
πατρὸς	patros	[the] Father	G3962 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →

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
Revelation 1:4
John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,
leads to
- Isaiah 11:2
  The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- John 1:1
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Hebrews 13:8
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Psalms 90:2
  Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
- Revelation 5:6
  Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven…
Through
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:1
  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
- 1 Corinthians 1:1–2
  Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
Through
2 Peter 1:2
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:18
  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.