Colossians 1:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ τὴν ἐλπίδα τὴν ἀποκειμένην ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἣν προηκούσατε ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας τοῦ εὐαγγελίου·

Transliteration

Because of the elpida the apokeimenen for you in the ouranois, which you proēkousate in the logō of the alētheias of the euangeliou;

Grammar Details

• *elpida*: accusative, feminine, singular - hope, direct object
• *apokeimenen*: present, middle, participle, accusative, feminine, singular - stored up/reserved
• *ouranois*: dative, masculine, plural - heavens, location
• *proēkousate*: aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person plural - you heard before
• *logō*: dative, masculine, singular - word/message, location/sphere
• *alētheias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of truth, possessive
• *euangeliou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of gospel, possessive

Word Meanings

• *elpida*: hope/expectation/prospect
• *apokeimenen*: stored up/reserved/laid away/awaiting
• *ouranois*: heavens/sky/celestial realm
• *proēkousate*: heard before/previously heard
• *logō*: word/message/account/reasoning
• *alētheias*: truth/reality/genuineness
• *euangeliou*: gospel/good news/glad tidings

Referenced Verses

• Eph 1:13 : 13 In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
• 1 Pet 1:3-4 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,
• Acts 23:6 : 6 But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
• 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
• 1 Cor 15:19 : 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
• 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
• Col 1:23 : 23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
• Col 1:27 : 27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
• Heb 7:19 : 19 (Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.
• Eph 1:18-19 : 18 And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints, 19 And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
• 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
• 1 John 3:3 : 3 And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
• 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:
• 2 Cor 6:7 : 7 In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
• Gal 5:5 : 5 For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
• Acts 24:15 : 15 Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.
• Acts 26:6-7 : 6 And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers; 7 For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!
• Rom 10:8 : 8 But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:
• Ps 31:19 : 19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
• Matt 6:19-20 : 19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away. 20 But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
• Luke 12:33 : 33 Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
• Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
• Acts 13:26 : 26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.