Colossians 1:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.”
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“giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:”
King James Version · Public Domain“giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Colossians 1:12 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 6:7The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
- 1 Chronicles 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- Psalms 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- Psalms 79:13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Psalms 107:21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
- Isaiah 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
- Daniel 2:23To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”
- Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- John 4:23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Acts 20:32And 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.
- Acts 26:18to 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 by faith in Me.’
- Romans 8:17And 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.
- Romans 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Romans 9:23What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
- Romans 11:17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
- Romans 15:27They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
- 1 Corinthians 9:23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
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