Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Colossians 1:13
Who hath delivered us. The language implies that we were captive.
We were under
the power of darkness. Compare Luke 22:53. Satan is the power
of darkness. Those in sin are held under his power.
Hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son. God, through
the gospel, had rescued them, and has translated them into Christ's
kingdom. This was effected when they were converted. Some teach that
Christ's kingdom is yet future, but this passage shows that it already
had an existence. The church was its visible form. It was inaugurated
on Pentecost.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Colossians 1:12
Colossians 1:13
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