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11 [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,

12 Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the [a]portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light.

13 [The Father] has delivered and [b]drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son [c]of His love,

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Colossians 1:13 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Colossians 1:13 Literal translation.

11 being strengthened with all power(A) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,(B) 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father,(C) who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance(D) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.(E) 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(F) and brought us into the kingdom(G) of the Son he loves,(H)

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  1. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us

11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

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

13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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11 (A)strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, (B)for all patience and longsuffering (C)with joy; 12 (D)giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of (E)the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from (F)the power of darkness (G)and [a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

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  1. Colossians 1:13 transferred