Colossians 1:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:”
Colossians 1:13 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Colossians 1:1318 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Colossians 1:13
“Who delivered us,” he says, “from the power of darkness.” The whole is of Him, the giving both of these things and those; for nowhere is any achievement of ours. “From the power of darkness,” he says, that is, of error, the dominion of the devil. He said not “darkness,” but “power”; for it had great power over us, and held us fast. For it is grievous indeed even to be under the devil at all, but to be so “with power,” this is far more grievous. “And translated us,” he says,…
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