15{
"verseID": "Colossians.1.15",
"source": "Ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως:",
"text": "Who *estin* *eikōn* of the *Theou* of the *aoratou*, *prōtotokos* of all *ktiseōs*:",
"grammar": {
"*estin*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*eikōn*": "nominative, feminine, singular - image",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God, possessive",
"*aoratou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - invisible, attribute",
"*prōtotokos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - firstborn",
"*ktiseōs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - creation, reference"
},
"variants": {
"*eikōn*": "image/likeness/representation",
"*aoratou*": "invisible/unseen",
"*prōtotokos*": "firstborn/preeminent one/first in rank",
"*ktiseōs*": "creation/created thing"
}
}
16{
"verseID": "Colossians.1.16",
"source": "Ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα, τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, εἴτε θρόνοι, εἴτε κυριότητες, εἴτε ἀρχαὶ, εἴτε ἐξουσίαι: τὰ πάντα διʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν ἔκτισται:",
"text": "Because in him *ektisthē* the *panta*, the things in the *ouranois*, and the things upon the *gēs*, the *horata* and the *aorata*, whether *thronoi*, whether *kyriotētes*, whether *archai*, whether *exousiai*: the *panta* through him, and unto him *ektistai*:",
"grammar": {
"*ektisthē*": "aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - was created",
"*panta*": "nominative, neuter, plural - all things",
"*ouranois*": "dative, masculine, plural - heavens, location",
"*gēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - earth, location",
"*horata*": "nominative, neuter, plural - visible things",
"*aorata*": "nominative, neuter, plural - invisible things",
"*thronoi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - thrones",
"*kyriotētes*": "nominative, feminine, plural - dominions",
"*archai*": "nominative, feminine, plural - rulers/principalities",
"*exousiai*": "nominative, feminine, plural - authorities",
"*ektistai*": "perfect, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - has been created"
},
"variants": {
"*ektisthē*": "was created/formed/made",
"*panta*": "all things/everything",
"*ouranois*": "heavens/sky/celestial realm",
"*gēs*": "earth/land/ground",
"*horata*": "visible things/what can be seen",
"*aorata*": "invisible things/what cannot be seen",
"*thronoi*": "thrones/seats of power",
"*kyriotētes*": "dominions/lordships/ruling powers",
"*archai*": "rulers/principalities/beginning powers",
"*exousiai*": "authorities/jurisdictions/powers",
"*ektistai*": "has been created/has been formed"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Colossians.1.17",
"source": "Καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων, καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν.",
"text": "And he *estin* before *pantōn*, and the *panta* in him *synestēken*.",
"grammar": {
"*estin*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*pantōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - all things, comparison",
"*panta*": "nominative, neuter, plural - all things, subject",
"*synestēken*": "perfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - hold together"
},
"variants": {
"*pantōn*": "all things/everything",
"*panta*": "all things/everything",
"*synestēken*": "hold together/cohere/consist/continue"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Colossians.1.18",
"source": "Καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος, τῆς ἐκκλησίας: ὅς ἐστιν ἀρχή, πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν· ἵνα γένηται ἐν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς πρωτεύων.",
"text": "And he *estin* the *kephalē* of the *sōmatos*, of the *ekklēsias*: who *estin* *archē*, *prōtotokos* from the *nekrōn*; so that he might *genētai* in all things himself *prōteuōn*.",
"grammar": {
"*estin*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*kephalē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - head",
"*sōmatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of body, possessive",
"*ekklēsias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of church/assembly, apposition",
"*archē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - beginning/ruler",
"*prōtotokos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - firstborn",
"*nekrōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - dead ones, source",
"*genētai*": "aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might become",
"*prōteuōn*": "present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having first place"
},
"variants": {
"*kephalē*": "head/ruler/source",
"*sōmatos*": "body/physical form",
"*ekklēsias*": "church/assembly/congregation",
"*archē*": "beginning/origin/ruler/first principle",
"*prōtotokos*": "firstborn/preeminent one",
"*nekrōn*": "dead ones/corpses",
"*genētai*": "might become/be/come to be",
"*prōteuōn*": "having first place/preeminent/holding supremacy"
}
}