1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
Focused Passage
Colossians 1:1-2
The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel of Reconciliation
Paul moves from thanksgiving for gospel fruit, to prayer for worthy walking, to praise for the Son's supremacy, to the reconciling work of Christ, and finally to Paul's ministry of proclaiming Christ for mature discipleship.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
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Verse 1
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PaulΠαῦλοςG3972Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularan apostleἀπόστολοςG652Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof ChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularbyδιὰG1223Preposition[the] willθελήματοςG2307Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionTimothyΤιμόθεοςG5095Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[our]ὁG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularbrotherἀδελφὸςG80Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 2
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To theΤοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralsaintsἁγίοιςG40Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionfaithfulπιστοῖςG4103Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralbrothersἀδελφοῖςG80Noun - Dative Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositionChristΧριστῷG5547Noun - Dative Masculine SingularatἐνG1722PrepositionColossaeΚολοσσαῖςG2857Noun - Dative Feminine PluralGraceΧάριςG5485Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionpeaceεἰρήνηG1515Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularto youὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralfromἀπὸG575PrepositionGodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person PluralFatherΠατρὸςG3962Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
BSB notes
- BYZ and TR God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ