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12 giving-thanks to the Father having qualified you for your part[a] of the share[b] of [c] the saints[d] in the light[e], 13 Who delivered[f] us out of the authority[g] of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of [h] His love, 14 in Whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins—

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Or, share, portion.
  2. Colossians 1:12 Or, allotment, lot.
  3. Colossians 1:12 That is, belonging to.
  4. Colossians 1:12 Or, holy ones.
  5. Colossians 1:12 That is, your share of the allotted inheritance... found in the kingdom or realm of light; or, having qualified you... by the light; or, of the saints who are in the light (heaven).
  6. Colossians 1:13 Or, rescued.
  7. Colossians 1:13 Or, jurisdiction, dominion.
  8. Colossians 1:13 That is, the Son who is the object of His Love, and thus, His beloved Son.

12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father,(A) who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance(B) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.(C) 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(D) and brought us into the kingdom(E) of the Son he loves,(F) 14 in whom we have redemption,(G) the forgiveness of sins.(H)

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us