Colossians 1:12
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
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Giving.

Colossians 3:15, 17
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful. . . .

1 Chronicles 29:20
Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the LORD your God." So the whole assembly praised the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

Psalm 79:13
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation, we will declare Your praise.

Psalm 107:21, 22
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. . . .

Psalm 116:7
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

Daniel 2:23
To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.

Ephesians 5:4, 20
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. . . .

the Father.

Colossians 2:2
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,

John 4:23
But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 20:17
"Do not cling to Me, " Jesus said, "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.'"

1 Corinthians 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

Ephesians 4:6
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

James 3:9
With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.

1 John 1:3
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

made.

1 Kings 6:7
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Proverbs 16:1
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

Romans 8:29, 30
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. . . .

Romans 9:23
What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory--

2 Corinthians 5:5
And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

partakers.

Romans 11:17
Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

Romans 15:27
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.

1 Corinthians 9:23
I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

Ephesians 3:6
This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 3:1, 14
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. . . .

1 Peter 5:1
As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ's sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

1 John 3:1-3
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. . . .

inheritance.

Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Acts 20:32
And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.'

Romans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ--if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Ephesians 1:11, 18
In Him we were also chosen as God's own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, . . .

1 Peter 1:2-5
chosen by the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. . . .

in.

Psalm 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Psalm 97:11
Light is sown on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Isaiah 60:19, 20
No longer will the sun be your light by day, and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. . . .

Hebrews 12:23
in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the judge of all men, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need for sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Revelation 22:5
There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

International Standard Version
and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

NET Bible
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I thank God The Father, who made us worthy for a part of the inheritance of the Saints in the light;
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