Colossians 1:27

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οἷς ἠθέλησεν plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

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The definite article
θεὸςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς

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Masculine noun meaning:

* A god or goddess * God
γνωρίσαι τί τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

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The definite article
πλοῦτος τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

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The definite article
δόξης τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

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The definite article
μυστηρίου τούτουplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο

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Meaning:

* These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it

Demonstrative pronoun.

οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19
ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

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Preposition meaning “in”.
τοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

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The definite article
ἔθνεσιν, ὅς ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

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εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
Χριστὸςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigΧριστός

Christ means “anointed one”

The equivalent Hebrew word is Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ)

Noun, masculine.
ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

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Preposition meaning “in”.
ὑμῖν, plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

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The definite article
ἐλπὶς τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

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The definite article
δόξης,
ESV
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
NIV
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
NLT
For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.
KJV
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Colossians 1:26 ← Colossians 1:27 → Colossians 1:28

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