Parallel Verses
Sawyer New Testament
giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light,
New American Standard Bible
giving thanks to
King James Version
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Holman Bible
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you
International Standard Version
and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
A Conservative Version
Giving thanks to the Father who made us qualified for the share of the portion of the sanctified in light.
American Standard Version
giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Amplified
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints (God’s people) in the Light.
An Understandable Version
[May you] give thanks to the Father who has enabled you to share [i.e., eventually] in the inheritance of the saints [i.e., God's holy people] in [the kingdom of] light.
Anderson New Testament
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Bible in Basic English
Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;
Common New Testament
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
Daniel Mace New Testament
giving thanks to the father, who has qualified you to share in that light he affords to his people:
Darby Translation
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us fit for sharing the portion of the saints in light,
Godbey New Testament
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Goodspeed New Testament
and you will thank the Father who has entitled you to share the lot of God's people in the realm of light.
John Wesley New Testament
Giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet to partake of the inheritance of the saints in light.
Julia Smith Translation
Returning thanks to the Father, having rendered us fitting for the portion of the lot of the holy in light:
King James 2000
Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Lexham Expanded Bible
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,
Modern King James verseion
giving thanks to the Father, who has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of saints in light.
Moffatt New Testament
thanking the Father who has qualified us to share the lot of the saints in the Light,
Montgomery New Testament
I ask that you may give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the heritage of the saints in the light.
NET Bible
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
New Heart English Bible
giving thanks to the Father, who made you fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light;
Noyes New Testament
giving thanks to the Father, who enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light;
The Emphasized Bible
Giving thanks unto the Father that hath made you sufficient for your share in the inheritance of the saints in the light,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;
Twentieth Century New Testament
And you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ's People in the realms of Light.
Webster
Giving thanks to the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Weymouth New Testament
and give thanks to the Father who has made us fit to receive our share of the inheritance of God's people in Light.
Williams New Testament
and you will always be thanking the Father who has qualified you to share the lot of His people in the realm of light.
World English Bible
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Worrell New Testament
giving thanks to the Father, Who made us meet for the portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Worsley New Testament
giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Youngs Literal Translation
Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,
Themes
Body » Jesus Christ being the head of the body (the church)
Creation » Everything being created by the word of God (jesus Christ)
Forgiveness » The forgiveness of sins coming through the blood of jesus Christ
Inheritance » Earthly » Spiritual
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ existing before all things
Light » Illustrative of » Future glory of saints
Partaking » Who partakes with the lord
Pleasure » What is pleasing to the lord
Intercessory prayer » Exemplified
Reconciliation » Jesus Christ reconciling man to God
the Reward of saints » Described as » Inheritance with saints in light
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:12
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:12
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:12
Prayers for Colossians 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
11 being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious power, for all patience and long suffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light, 13 who delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,
Cross References
Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God, and the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance with all the sanctified.
Ephesians 5:20
giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father,
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the sanctified by faith in me.
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for which you have been called in one body; and be thankful.
Matthew 25:34
Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
John 4:23
But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father seeks such to worship him.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me.
John 20:17
Jesus said to her, Do not touch me; for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
Romans 8:17
And if children, [we are] also heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:29-30
For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he may be a first-born among many brothers;
Romans 9:23
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared for glory,
Romans 11:17
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker of the root and excellence of the olive,
Romans 15:27
They have been pleased indeed, and their debtors they are; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also to serve them in things pertaining to the flesh.
1 Corinthians 8:6
yet to us there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and we through him.
1 Corinthians 9:23
and I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it.
2 Corinthians 5:5
And he that has made us for this is God, who has given us the pledge of the Spirit.
Ephesians 1:11
in whom also we have been called, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works out all things according to the counsel of his will,
Ephesians 1:18
the eyes of your minds being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his call, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 3:6
that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
Ephesians 4:6
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Ephesians 5:4
nor indecorum and foolish talking, or jesting, things not becoming, but rather giving of thanks.
Colossians 2:2
that your hearts may be comforted, being united in love and [raised] to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God,
Colossians 3:17
and whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God [and] Father through him.
Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all wickedness, and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Hebrews 3:1
Whence, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly call, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Jesus,
Hebrews 3:14
for we have been made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of the confidence firm to the end.
Hebrews 12:23
and to the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge the God of all, and to spirits of the righteous made perfect,
James 3:9
With it bless we the Lord and Father, and with it curse we men made in the likeness of God.
1 Peter 1:2-5
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
1 Peter 5:1
The elders among you I exhort, who am a co-elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed;
1 John 3:1-3
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. The world therefore knows us not, because it knew him not.
Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to give a light to it; for the glory of God lights it, and its light the Lamb.
Revelation 22:5
And there shall be no night, and they shall have no need of a lamp and light, for the Lord God shall shed light on them, and they shall reign forever and ever.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that keep his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and enter by the gates into the city.