To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- BSB To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
- NKJV To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- NASB To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
- NLT We are writing to God’s holy people in the city of Colosse, who are faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. May God our Father give you grace and peace.
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Quick answer
Paul greets the believers at Colossae as saints and faithful brothers, wishing them grace and peace from God. This is his customary blessing rooted in the gospel.
Overview
The recipients are 'saints' (set-apart ones) and 'faithful brothers in Christ,' describing their standing before God. 'Grace to you and peace' combines the Greek and Hebrew greetings, summing up the gospel's gifts. Both flow 'from God our Father,' the source of every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 2 Pet 1:2Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
- Eph 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Rom 1:7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Cor 1:2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
- Rev 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
- Gal 1:3Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Ps 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- Gal 3:9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
- Eph 6:21But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
- 1 Pet 1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
- 1 Cor 4:17For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
- Jude 1:2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
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