King James Version

Colossians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paulἀπόστολοςapostolosan apostleἀπόστολοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “an apostle”, the subject formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.This verse uses “an apostle”.an apostleΧριστοῦchristouChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.ChristἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byθελήματοςthelēmatoswillθέλημα (thelēma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “will”, the of-formG2307an act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires.This verse uses “will”.the willθεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΤιμόθεοςtimotheosTimotheusΤιμόθεοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Timotheus”, the subject formG5095Timothy, a Christian of Lystra, helper of Paul.Timotheusὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφὸςadelphosour brotherἀδελφόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “our brother”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.our brother

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Young’s Literal Translation

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother,

World English Bible

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Darby Translation

Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by God's will, and Timotheus the brother,

Douay-Rheims

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies