Colossians 3:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ Θεοῦ βραβευέτω ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν, εἰς ἣν καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι· καὶ εὐχάριστοι γίνεσθε.

Transliteration

And the eirēnē of the Theou brabeuetō in the kardiais of you, to which also you eklēthēte in one sōmati; and eucharistoi ginesthe.

Grammar Details

• *eirēnē*: nominative, feminine, singular - peace
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *brabeuetō*: present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let rule/arbitrate
• *kardiais*: dative, feminine, plural - hearts
• *hymōn*: genitive, 2nd person plural pronoun - of you/your
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - to/into
• *hēn*: accusative, feminine, singular, relative pronoun - which
• *eklēthēte*: aorist passive indicative, 2nd person plural - you were called
• *heni*: dative, neuter, singular - one
• *sōmati*: dative, neuter, singular - body
• *eucharistoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - thankful/grateful
• *ginesthe*: present middle imperative, 2nd person plural - become/be

Word Meanings

• *eirēnē*: peace/harmony/tranquility
• *brabeuetō*: let rule/arbitrate/decide/govern
• *kardiais*: hearts/minds/inner selves
• *eklēthēte*: were called/invited/summoned
• *sōmati*: body/community/group
• *eucharistoi*: thankful/grateful/appreciative
• *ginesthe*: become/be/prove to be

Referenced Verses

• John 14:27 : 27 `Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;
• Phil 4:6-7 : 6 for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; 7 and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 in every thing give thanks, for this `is' the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
• Eph 5:20 : 20 giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;
• Col 3:17 : 17 and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, `do' all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.
• Eph 4:4 : 4 one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
• Isa 26:3 : 3 An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy `is' His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'
• Rom 5:1 : 1 Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Rom 14:17 : 17 for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;
• Rom 15:13 : 13 and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Cor 7:15 : 15 And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such `cases', and in peace hath God called us;
• 2 Cor 4:15 : 15 for the all things `are' because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;
• 2 Cor 5:19-21 : 19 how that God was in Christ -- a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation, 20 in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, `Be ye reconciled to God;' 21 for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.
• 2 Cor 9:11 : 11 in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,
• Eph 2:12-18 : 12 that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world; 13 and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ, 14 for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down, 15 the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace, 16 and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it, 17 and having come, he did proclaim good news -- peace to you -- the far-off and the nigh, 18 because through him we have the access -- we both -- in one Spirit unto the Father.
• Isa 57:19 : 19 Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.
• Jonah 2:9 : 9 And I -- with a voice of thanksgiving -- I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation `is' of Jehovah.
• Luke 17:16-18 : 16 and he fell upon `his' face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, `Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where? 18 There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'
• Ps 29:11 : 11 Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!
• Ps 100:4 : 4 Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.
• Ps 107:22 : 22 And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.
• Ps 116:17 : 17 To Thee I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks, And in the name of Jehovah I call.
• Isa 27:5 : 5 Or -- he doth take hold on My strength, He doth make peace with Me, Peace he doth make with Me.
• John 16:33 : 33 these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'
• Rom 1:21 : 21 because, having known God they did not glorify `Him' as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,
• Eph 4:16 : 16 from whom the whole body, being fitly joined together and united, through the supply of every joint, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body doth make for the building up of itself in love.
• Eph 5:1 : 1 Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,
• Col 1:12 : 12 Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,
• Col 2:7 : 7 being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.
• Heb 13:15 : 15 through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;
• Rev 7:12 : 12 saying, `Amen! the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength, `are' to our God -- to the ages of the ages! Amen!'
• 1 Tim 2:1 : 1 I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: