Colossians 1:12 (WEB)
giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,
Catechism · 1
“Born with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Council of Trent (1546): DS 1514; cf. Col 1:12-14.
Fathers and councils · 6
Athanasius of Alexandria
“For such things as these serve for exercise and trial, so that, having approved ourselves zealous and chosen servants of Christ, we may be fellow-heirs with the saints.” — editor's note: Cf. Col. i. 12
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Basil the Great
“…the light which made the Apostle say “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 12.
Read the whole comment“Thus we have had our approach to the Father through Him, being translated from “the power of darkness to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 12, 13.
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John Cassian
“Because it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell; and through Him to reconcile all things unto Himself, making peace through the blood of His cross, both as to the things on earth, and the things that are in heaven.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 12–20.
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Leo the Great
“…says, “to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light: who delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love:” since as Isaiah prophesied, “the people of the nations that sat in darkness, have seen a great light, and they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of…” — editor's note: Col. i. 12, 13.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For all have been under the rulers of this darkness, that is, [under the rulers] of wicked men, or darkness, as it were, in subjection to darkness: but “thanks be to God, who hath delivered us,” says the same apostle, “from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”” — editor's note: Col. i. 12, 13.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius V.7.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 79.