Colossians 1:12

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

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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 rend...
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 p...
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 desi...
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 ....
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...
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...
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 - Kno...
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 fal...
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 Colossi...
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....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Made us meet ] better, 'qualified you.' Usually the saints in light is taken as. a single phrase meaning 'saints in heaven.' But 'in light' should...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Giving thanks unto the Father. — These words naturally follow the words “with joyfulness,” with which, indeed, they may be grammatically connected....
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 1 THE FATHER'S GIFTS THROUGH THE SON Colossians 1:12-14 (R.V.) WE have advanced thus far in this Epistle without having reached its ma...
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 o...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 Spir...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Redeemer's Dignity; The Work of Redemption; Paul's Preaching. A. D. 62....
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 gr...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Giving thanks to the Father who has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, who delivered us out of the power of dar...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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 la...
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 wh...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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...
The Biblical Illustrator

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you. The knowledge of the Divine will The petition asks-- I. For...
The Biblical Illustrator

Giving thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet. The Father’s gift through the Son 1. These grounds of thanksgiving are but various aspec...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's intercession for the Colossian Christians:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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¹² Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Related Commentaries of Colossians 1:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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