COL 1:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST He told us that you love all God’s people, just as God’s Spirit has empowered you to do.

AICNT and who also made known to us your love in the Spirit.

OEB and who told us of the love with which the Spirit has inspired you.

WEBBE who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

LSV who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

FBV He's also made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

TCNT and who also told us about your love in the Spirit.

T4T He told us that you love all God’s people, just like God’s Spirit has enabled you to (OR, spiritually).

LEB who also made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

BBE And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

Moff and it is he who has informed us of your love in the Spirit.

Wymth and moreover he has informed us of your love, which is inspired by the Spirit.

ASV who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

DRA Who also hath manifested to us your love in the spirit.

YLT who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

Drby who has also manifested to us your love in [the] Spirit.

RV who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

SLT He also having manifested to us your love in the Spirit.

Wbstr Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

KJB-1769 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

KJB-1611 Who also declared vnto vs your loue in the spirit.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Who also declared vnto vs your loue in the spirite.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Gnva Who hath also declared vnto vs your loue in the Spirit.
(Who hath/has also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. )

Cvdl which also declared vnto vs youre loue in the sprete.
(which also declared unto us your(pl) love in the spirit.)

TNT which also declared vnto vs youre love which ye have in the sprete.
(which also declared unto us your(pl) love which ye/you_all have in the spirit. )

Wycl which also schewide to vs youre louyng in spirit.
(which also showed to us your(pl) loving in spirit.)

Luth der uns auch eröffnet hat eure Liebe im Geist.
(the/of_the us/to_us/ourselves also eröffnet has your(pl) love(n) in_the spirit.)

ClVg qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in spiritu.[fn]
(who/which also obviousvit us love your in/into/on in_spirit. )

1.8 In Spiritu. Quia pro spiritualibus, non pro carnalibus diligitis.

1.8 In By_Spirit. Because for spiritual, not/no for carnal you(pl)_love.

UGNT ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν Πνεύματι.
(ho kai daʸlōsas haʸmin taʸn humōn agapaʸn en Pneumati.)

SBL-GNT ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι.
(ho kai daʸlōsas haʸmin taʸn humōn agapaʸn en pneumati.)

RP-GNT ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι.
(ho kai daʸlōsas haʸmin taʸn humōn agapaʸn en pneumati.)

TC-GNT ὁ καὶ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν πνεύματι.
(ho kai daʸlōsas haʸmin taʸn humōn agapaʸn en pneumati. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:3–12: Paul thanked God for the Colossians and prayed for them

In this section, Paul told the Colossian Christians that he often thanked God for them. He was grateful to God that they had trusted in Christ Jesus, and that they loved all God’s people. He told them about his prayers for them—that God would cause them to be wise and help them to know what he wanted them to do.

Epaphras had come from Colossae to visit Paul in prison. He brought news to Paul about the Christian congregations in Colossae and the towns nearby. Paul was happy to hear that the Christians in Colossae were trusting firmly in Jesus. However, he was concerned to hear that there were some people among them who wanted to continue to practice their old religious beliefs, and others who said that Christians must obey the Jewish laws. In this section of his letter, Paul concentrated on the good news he had heard from Epaphras.

Paragraph 1:3–8

The theme in this section is that Paul continually thanked God for the Colossian Christians, because they had trusted in Christ Jesus and because they loved their fellow Christians.

1:8

and who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.

And it was he who told us^(excl) how much the Holy Spirit has enabled you to love God’s people.
He came here and told us^(excl) how God’s Spirit is working in you to cause you to love all God’s people.

your love: In many languages it will be necessary to state whom the Colossian Christians loved. There are three possibilities:

They loved other believers (as in 1:4).
More specifically, they loved one another.
They loved Paul and Timothy.

If you need to include the object of their love in your language, it is recommended that you follow the first option (1). This verse probably refers back to 1:4 where Paul wrote that the Colossians loved all God’s people. The first option includes the second option, because if they loved all believers they also loved one another.

in the Spirit: This refers to the Holy Spirit. If the word Spirit by itself might have an unclear or negative meaning in your language, you could say “God’s Spirit” or use your term for “Holy Spirit.” Paul was saying that the Colossians loved others “by means of” the Holy Spirit, that is, it was the Holy Spirit who enabled/caused them to love others. Here is another way to express this:

the love that the Holy Spirit has given you (GNT)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῖν

˱to˲_us

The word us here does not include the Colossians.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ καί δηλώσας ἡμῖν τήν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην ἐν Πνεύματι)

Paul is primarily talking about the love that the Colossians are showing to other believers. Of course they also love God. If you must specify the object of their love, and people might think that the Colossians do not love God if he is not mentioned, then you could include both. Alternate translation: [that you love God and all his people]

ἐν Πνεύματι

in ˓the˒_Spirit

Alternate translation: [which is by the power of the Holy Spirit] or [which you do through the power of the Holy Spirit]

Parallel COL 1:8

Section 1:3–12: Paul thanked God for the Colossians and prayed for them

Paragraph 1:3–8

1:8