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Colossians 1:12
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Colossians 1:12
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and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you
[a]
to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
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Colossians 1:12 in Other Translations
KJV
12
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
ESV
12
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
NLT
12
always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.
MSG
12
thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.
CSB
12
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.
Colossians 1:12 In-Context
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so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
11
being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,
12
and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
13
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
14
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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1.
Ephesians 5:20
2.
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Acts 20:32
3.
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Acts 26:18
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[a].
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