Colossians 3:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and in all.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, Βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος: ἀλλὰ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν Χριστός.

Transliteration

Where not eni Hellēn and Ioudaios, peritomē and akrobystia, Barbaros, Skythēs, doulos, eleutheros: but the panta and in pasin Christos.

Grammar Details

• *Hopou*: relative adverb - where
• *ouk*: negative particle - not
• *eni*: contracted form of present active indicative, 3rd person singular - there is
• *Hellēn*: nominative, masculine, singular - Greek
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *Ioudaios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jew
• *peritomē*: nominative, feminine, singular - circumcision
• *akrobystia*: nominative, feminine, singular - uncircumcision
• *Barbaros*: nominative, masculine, singular - Barbarian
• *Skythēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Scythian
• *doulos*: nominative, masculine, singular - slave
• *eleutheros*: nominative, masculine, singular - free person
• *alla*: contrastive conjunction - but
• *panta*: nominative, neuter, plural - all things
• *pasin*: dative, masculine, plural - in all
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ

Word Meanings

• *eni*: there is/exists
• *Hellēn*: Greek/Gentile/non-Jew
• *Ioudaios*: Jew/Jewish person
• *peritomē*: circumcision/circumcised people
• *akrobystia*: uncircumcision/uncircumcised people
• *Barbaros*: Barbarian/non-Greek speaker/foreigner
• *Skythēs*: Scythian/nomadic people considered uncivilized
• *doulos*: slave/servant/bondservant
• *eleutheros*: free person/freedman
• *panta*: all things/everything

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  where{G3699} there cannot{G3756} be{G1762} Greek{G1672} and{G2532} Jew,{G2453} circumcision{G4061} and{G2532} uncircumcision,{G203} barbarian,{G915} Scythian,{G4658} bondman,{G1401} freeman;{G1658} but{G235} Christ{G5547} is all,{G3956} and{G2532} in{G1722} all.{G3956}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Where{G3699} there is{G1762}{(G5748)} neither{G3756} Greek{G1672} nor{G2532} Jew{G2453}, circumcision{G4061} nor{G2532} uncircumcision{G203}, Barbarian{G915}, Scythian{G4658}, bond{G1401} nor free{G1658}: but{G235} Christ{G5547} is all{G3956}, and{G2532} in{G1722} all{G3956}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  where is nether gentile ner Iewe circumcision nor vncircumcision Barbarous or Sithian bonde or fre: but Christe is all in all thynges.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  where there is no Greke, Iewe, circumcision, vncircumcision, Barbarous, Sithian, bode, fre: but Christ is all and in all.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Where is neither Grecian nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: But Christ is all, and in all things.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Where is neither Greke nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Sythian, bonde, free: but Christe is all, and in all.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman -- but the all and in all -- Christ.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.

• World English Bible (2000)

  where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 10:12 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches to all who call on Him.
• 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight, but faith working through love does.
• Eph 1:23 : 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
• Gal 3:28-29 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what matters.
• Acts 28:2 : 2 The local people showed us extraordinary kindness. They lit a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
• Eph 3:6 : 6 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
• Eph 6:8 : 8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.
• Phil 3:7-9 : 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss because of Christ. 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
• Col 2:10 : 10 And you have been made complete in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Anyone who goes beyond and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
• Eph 3:17 : 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and established in love,
• Gal 6:14-15 : 14 But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but what matters is a new creation.
• Acts 28:4 : 4 When the locals saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Surely this man is a murderer! Although he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."
• Rom 1:14 : 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to non-Greeks, both to the wise and to the foolish.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles too.
• Rom 4:10-11 : 10 How then was it credited? Was it while he was circumcised or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness might also be credited to them,
• Rom 8:10-11 : 10 But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.
• Rom 9:24-26 : 24 even us, whom he has also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he says in Hosea: 'I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and her who was not beloved, ‘Beloved.’' 26 And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
• Rom 9:30-31 : 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it.
• 1 Cor 7:21-22 : 21 Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.
• 1 Cor 14:11 : 11 If I do not understand the meaning of what someone is saying, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: 'Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to Your name.' 10 And again it says: 'Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people.' 11 And again: 'Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol Him.' 12 And again, Isaiah says: 'The root of Jesse will come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will hope.' 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Cor 1:29-30 : 29 So that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
• 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 So then, let no one boast in human leaders, for all things are yours— 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
• Ps 117:2 : 2 For His steadfast love has prevailed over us, and the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!
• Isa 19:23-25 : 23 In that day, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. 24 In that day, Israel will join a threefold alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth. 25 The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, 'Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.'
• Isa 49:6 : 6 He says, 'It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the preserved ones of Israel. I will also make you a light to the nations so that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.'
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The LORD has laid bare His holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
• Isa 66:18-22 : 18 For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and languages. And they will come and see My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of the survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud (those who draw the bow), to Tubal and Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. And they will proclaim My glory among the nations. 20 They will bring all your fellow Israelites from all the nations as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, on mules and camels—to My holy mountain, Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in clean vessels to the house of the Lord. 21 And I will also take some of them as priests and Levites, says the Lord. 22 For just as the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before Me, declares the Lord, so will your descendants and your name endure.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations will come to You from the ends of the earth and say, 'Our ancestors inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols that do not profit at all.'
• Hos 2:23 : 23 On that day, I will answer, declares the LORD. I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth.
• Amos 9:12 : 12 So that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by My name, declares the Lord who does this.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 Many nations will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD and to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths.’ For the law will go out from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Zech 2:11 : 11 Ho! Zion, escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon.
• Zech 8:20-23 : 20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Again, peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD and seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’ 22 And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD. 23 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In those days, ten men from every language and nation will take hold of the robe of a Jewish man and say, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of Hosts.
• Matt 12:18-21 : 18 'Behold, My servant whom I have chosen, My beloved in whom My soul is well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.' 19 He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, until He leads justice to victory. 21 In His name the nations will put their hope.
• John 6:56-57 : 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will live because of me.
• John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered, 'If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.'
• John 15:5 : 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
• John 17:23 : 23 I in them and You in Me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.
• Acts 10:34-35 : 34 Then Peter began to speak: 'Now I truly understand that God does not show favoritism, 35 but in every nation, the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.
• Acts 13:46-48 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, 'It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles.' 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
• Acts 15:17 : 17 so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, including all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord, who does these things'
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.