Colossians 1:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: ”

Colossians 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Giving thanks to the Father - This is another mode by which we may “walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing” Colossians 1:10 ; to wit, by rendering appropriate thanks to God for his mercy. The...
Colossians 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) Giving thanks unto the (5) Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in (h) light: (4) Having ended the preface, he goes to the matter itself, that is to s...
Colossians 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Paragraph of Prayer. Paul reciprocates their prayers for him. He constantly offers petition on their behalf since first he heard of them. He desires for them ( a) fulness of knowledge to discern...
Colossians 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hath. Omit. made, &c. See 2 Corinthians 3:6 . to be partakers . for (App-104.) the share. inheritance . lot. Greek. kleros. light . the light. App-130.
Colossians 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Giving thanks. Again he returns to thanksgiving, that he may take this opportunity of enumerating the blessings which had been conferred upon them through Christ, and thus he enters upon...
Colossians 1:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2167 PRAYER FOR GROWTH IN GRACE Colossians 1:9-13 . We do not cease to pray for you that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; t...
Colossians 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Giving thanks unto the Father - Knowing that ye have nothing but what ye have receive...
Colossians 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Made us meet to be partakers,— The words rendered, partakers of the inheritance, literally signify, the proportion of an inheritance, which falls by lot to each of those among whom it is divide...
Colossians 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: You (not "we," from Colossians 1:9 ) "giving thanks unto the Father." Note,...
Colossians 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Supremacy and All-Sufficiency of Christ 1-8. Salutation to the Colossian Christians, and thanksgiving for the news of their spiritual state. Paraphrase. '(1, 2) Paul and Timothy salute the...
Colossians 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(9-12) From thanksgiving St. Paul passes, as always, to pray for them. The prayer is for their full and perfect knowledge of God’s will; but this is emphatically connected with practical “walking” in...
Colossians 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 1 THE PRAYER Colossians 1:9-12 (R.V.) WE have here to deal with one of Paul's prayers for his brethren. In some respects these are the very topmost pinnacles of his letters. Nowhere el...
Colossians 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Our Wondrous Privileges in Christ Colossians 1:9-20 Here is a paragraph which may fitly form part of our daily intercession for ourselves and others. We all need a quicker insight into God's wi...
Colossians 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This letter is correlative to the Ephesians, and shows the glory of the Head of the Church as at her disposal. After expressing his thankfulness for the faith, love, and hope of the saints, Paul tell...
Colossians 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (1...
Colossians 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Giving thanks unto the Father ,.... To God the Father, as the Vulgate Latin and the Syriac versions read the clause; and the Complutensian edition, and some copies, "God and the Father"; who is both...
Colossians 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Ver. 12. Of the saints in light ] So that though cast into a dark dungeon, the sa...
Colossians 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Giving thanks unto the Father Of all mercy and grace, who, by justifying and sanctifying us through faith in his Son, and the influence of his Spirit, hath not only entitled us to, but wrought in u...
Colossians 1:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SALUTATION (vs.1-2) Paul writes with apostolic authority and by the will of God, so that total subjection to what he writes is rightly called for on the part of believers. Yet he adds, "and T...
Colossians 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Redeemer's Dignity; The Work of Redemption; Paul's Preaching. A. D. 62. 12 Giving thanks...
Colossians 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Giving thanks unto the Father; he passeth from petitioning, Colossians 1:9 , to thanksgiving to God the Father, upon the consideration of his grace manifested in his Son for our redemption. In t...
Colossians 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Prayer that They Might Have Understanding, and Strength ( Colossians 1:9-14 ). Once Paul had learned of their response to Christ he and his fellow-workers had begun to pray for them constan...
Colossians 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 1:9 . Do not cease to pray for you, and to desire. —R.V. “pray and make request.” The general notion comes first, then the particulars; so in Mark 11:2...
Colossians 1:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Colossians 1:12 It is the special glory of the Gospel, the foundation or the perfection of all the rest, that it first truly and distinctly, in language beyond the uncertainties of conjecture, the...
Colossians 1:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 1:1-2 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace,...
Colossians 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 1:1 . Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ. This is noticed in 1 Corinthians 1:3 ; 2 Corinthians 1:2 . He generally opens his addresses to the churches much in the same form of benedictio...
Colossians 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

To pray for you and desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge. The prayer I. The fountain or root of all Christian character. “That ye might be filled … understanding.” 1. The thing...
Colossians 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Colossians 1:1-51 SECTION I. INTRODUCTION . The Epistle commences, in St. Paul's manner, with a salutation ( Colossians 1:1 , Colossians 1:2 ), followed by thanksgiving...
Colossians 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's intercession for the Colossian Christians:
Colossians 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:20 ; 1 Corinthians 8:6 ; 1 Corinthians 9:23 ; 1 John 1:3 ; 1 John 3:1-3 ; 1 Kings 6:7 ; 1 Peter 1:2-5 ; 1 Peter 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:5 ; Acts 20:32 ; Acts 26:18 ; Colossi...
Colossians 1:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Visions of God's Purposes in Christ Colossians 1:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to our study in the Pauline Epistle to the Colossians, we thought it would be worth the while to obs...
Colossians 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who, by justifying and sanctifying us, hath made us meet for glory.

Colossians 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Colossians 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Colossians 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Colossians 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Colossians 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Colossians 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Colossians 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Colossians 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 1:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Colossians 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Colossians 1:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Colossians 1:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Colossians 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Colossians 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Colossians 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Colossians 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes