Colossians 1:12

WEB

¹²giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

KJV

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

BSB

¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you ^[+] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

FBV

¹²May you happily praise the Father, who has made it possible for us to share in the inheritance of God's people who live in the light.

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Extra References

Acts 20:32

³²Now, brothers,^[+] I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Ephesians 1:11

¹¹We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

Ephesians 1:18

¹⁸having the eyes of your hearts^[+] enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

¹⁸to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

1 Peter 1:2-5

²according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, ⁵who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Ephesians 3:6

⁶that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

Romans 8:17

¹⁷and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

2 Corinthians 5:5

⁵Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

1 John 3:1-3

¹See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. ²Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is. ³Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Hebrews 3:14

¹⁴For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,