Colossians 1:2
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.
KJV
τοῖς ἐν Κολοσσαῖς ἁγίοις καὶ πιστοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν.
Greek NT
eis, qui sunt Colossis, sanctis, et fidelibus fratribus in Christo Jesu.
Vulgate
to the saints and faithful brethren in Christthat areat Colossæ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
ASV
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ Jesus who are at Colossa.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
People
Jesus
Places
Colossae
In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Κολοσσαί
kolossai
noun · 1×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πιστός
pistos
adjective · 67×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Κολοσσαῖς | WH/NIV: Κολοσσαῖς | Treg/RP: Κολασσαῖς
- Κολοσσαῖς — SBLGNT
- Κολοσσαῖς — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Κολασσαῖς — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἡμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμῶν | RP: + καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
- ἡμῶν — SBLGNT
- ἡμῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:2 — Unto 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
- 1Cor 4:17 — For 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 chur
- 1Pet 1:2 — Elect 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.
- 2Cor 1:2 — Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2Pet 1:2 — Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
- Eph 1:1 — Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Eph 1:1 — Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
- Eph 6:21 — But 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:
- Gal 1:3 — Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Gal 3:9 — So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
- John 14:27 — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- Jude 1:2 — Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
- Jude 1:3 — Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once deli
- Num 15:40 — That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
- Ps 16:3 — But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- Rev 1:4 — John 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;
- Rom 1:7 — To 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.
- Rom 1:7 — To 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.