Colossians 1:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)12 [May you] give thanks to the Father who has enabled you to share [i.e., eventually] in the inheritance of the saints [i.e., God’s holy people] in [the kingdom of] light. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176912 giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition12 Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God's holy people) in the Light. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)12 giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible12 and by giving thanks with joy to the Father. He made it so you could take part in the inheritance, in light granted to God’s holy people. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version12 giving thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to have a share in the portion of the saints, in the light. Ver Capítulo |
Now God is the One who has prepared us for this very thing [i.e., the receiving of a new body to live in]. He has [also] given us the Holy Spirit as a down payment. [Note: This refers to the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit as being a guarantee that we will receive the balance of our inheritance in the form of a new body].
and to the church of the firstborn ones [i.e., those who have received an inheritance from their Father], whose names are recorded in heaven. [See Luke 10:20]. [You have come] to God, who is the Judge of all people, and to the spirits of righteous people who have become [morally] perfect [i.e., that great company of God’s people who have gone on to their heavenly reward],
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not ascended to the Father yet [Note: Apparently Jesus was discouraging Mary from embracing Him in worship as was done in Matt. 28:9, and thereby causing a delay of when the rest of the disciples would learn of His resurrection], but go to my brothers and tell them [I said] ‘I am [about] to ascend to my Father and to your Father, and to my God and your God.’”