Colossians 1:2

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

American Standard Version (1901)

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are at Colossæ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Bible in Basic English

To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Douay-Rheims 1899

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ Jesus, who are at Colossa.

Free Bible Version

To the believers and trusting Christians at Colossae: may you have grace and peace from God our Father.

Geneva Bible 1599

To them which are at Colosse, Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ: Grace bee with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

King James (Authorized) Version

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.

Plain English Version

We are writing this letter to God’s people that live at Colossae. You joined up with Jesus Christ, and you keep on trusting him, so you are like brothers and sisters to us. We are asking God our father to be good to you, and to make you feel happy and quiet inside yourselves.

Translation for Translators

I am sending this letter to you who are in Colossae city, and who are God’s people, and our faithful fellow believers who have a close relationship with Christ. We pray that God our Father will be acting kindly towards you, and that he will cause you to have inner peace.

Unlocked Literal Bible

to the believers and faithful brothers in Christ who are at Colossae. May grace be to you, and peace from God our Father.

Noah Webster Bible

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colosse: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

World English Bible

to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Young's Literal Translation

to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Context

Greetings from Paul and Timothy

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.

Summary

In Colossians 1:2, Paul addresses the believers in Colossae, emphasizing their identity as saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. This greeting highlights the sanctification and unity found in the body of believers, recognizing their shared faith in Jesus. By acknowledging them as saints, Paul affirms their set-apart status and position in Christ, encouraging them to live in accordance with their calling. This verse sets the tone for the rest of the letter, focusing on the supremacy of Christ and the believers' identity and purpose in Him.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

To the saints - Those who professed Christianity. See the note on Eph 1:1. Which are at Colosse - Instead of εν Κολοσσαις, at Colosse, or among the Colossians, ABC, and many other excellent MSS., with both the Syriac, Coptic, Slavonic, Origen, Gregory Nyssen, Amphilochus, Theodoret, Damascenus, Theophylact, and others, read εν Κολασσαις in Colassa, or among the Colassians; and this is most probably the true reading. That this city perished by an earthquake, a short time after the date of this epistle, we have the testimony of Eusebius. That which at present is supposed to occupy the site of this ancient city is called Konos. For other particulars see the preface to this epistle. Grace be unto you - See on Rom 1:7 (note). And the Lord Jesus Christ - This clause is omitted by many MSS., several versions, and some of the fathers. Griesbach has left it out of the text, not, in my opinion, on sufficient evidence.

John Gill Bible Commentary

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ,.... This is the inscription of the epistle, in which the persons wrote unto are described as "saints", or holy men; not by birth, for all are unholy and unclean by nature; nor by baptism, for that neither takes away sin, nor gives grace; nor merely externally, by an outward reformation; but by separation, being by an act of eternal election set apart for God, for holiness, and happiness; and by imputation, Christ being made sanctification to them; and by the sanctifying grace of the Spirit of God in regeneration, being called with an holy calling, and having principles of grace and holiness wrought in them, and they formed as new men in righteousness and true holiness: and as "brethren"; being born of God, having him for their Father, and being of his household, and a part of the family in heaven and earth named of Christ, and heirs together of the grace of life, and of the heavenly glory: and as "faithful" ones; true and sincere believers in Christ, constant and persevering in the faith of him; faithful to the Gospel, and their profession of it, and to Christ, whose name they bore, and to one another, to whom they stood in the relation of brethren: and all this "in Christ"; and by, and through him; they were saints in him; they were chosen in him, and sanctified in him their head, and received all their holiness from him; they were brethren in him the firstborn of them; his God being their God, and his Father their Father; and had their faith and faithfulness from him, as well as it was exercised towards, and on him: and they are further described by the place of their abode, which are at Colosse: a city of Phrygia: grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the salutation, and which stands in this form in most of Paul's epistles; See Gill on Rom 1:7. The Syriac version puts "peace" before "grace", and leaves out the last clause, "and the Lord Jesus Christ"; as does also the Ethiopic version.

Colossians 1:2

Greetings from Paul and Timothy

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.

Scripture
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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

American Standard Version (1901)

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ that are at Colossæ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Bible in Basic English

To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Douay-Rheims 1899

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ Jesus, who are at Colossa.

Free Bible Version

To the believers and trusting Christians at Colossae: may you have grace and peace from God our Father.

Geneva Bible 1599

To them which are at Colosse, Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ: Grace bee with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

King James (Authorized) Version

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.

Plain English Version

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

to the believers and faithful brothers in Christ who are at Colossae. May grace be to you, and peace from God our Father.

Noah Webster Bible

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colosse: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

World English Bible

to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Young's Literal Translation

to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Colossians 1:2

Verse

Context

Greetings from Paul and Timothy

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Colossians 1:2

Greetings from Paul and Timothy

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes