Colossians 1 · Verse 8

Colossians 1:8

Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
Colossians 1:8, King James Version

Colossians 1:8 in other translations

BSBand who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.
WEBwho also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
ASVwho also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
YLTwho also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.
DARBYwho has also manifested to us your love in the Spirit.
BBEAnd who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.
WebsterWho also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

What does Colossians 1:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. your love--(Col 1:4); "to all the saints." in the Spirit--the sphere or element IN which alone true love is found; as distinguished from the state of those "in the flesh" (Ro 8:9). Yet even they needed to be stirred up to greater love (Col 3:12-14). Love is the first and chief fruit of the Spirit (Ga 5:22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 8. Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. The love wrought in you by the Holy Spirit. It was not mere natural affection, but love wrought in their hearts by the agency of the Holy Ghost.

(a) "love in the Spirit" Romm 15:30

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Your love in the Spirit - So we preached, and so ye believed. The heavenly flame in the heart of this minister communicated itself to those who heard him; it was like priest like people. They enjoyed a spiritual, energetic ministry, and they were a spiritual people; they had a loving spirit, and love through the Spirit of God which dwelt in them. And of this love of theirs in the Spirit, and particularly towards the apostle, Epaphras gave full proof, not only by describing to the apostle the affection they felt for him, but in presenting to him those supplies which their love to him caused them to furnish.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Colossians 1:1-8

All true Christians are brethren one to another. Faithfulness runs through every character and relation of the Christian life. Faith, hope, and love, are the three principal graces in the Christian life, and proper matter for prayer and thanksgiving. The more we fix our hopes on the reward in the other world, the more free shall we be in doing good with our earthly treasure. It was treasured up for them, no enemy…

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Colossians 1:8 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁhothe [one]G3588
καὶkaialsoG2532
δηλώσαςdēlōsashaving made knownG1213
ἡμῖνhēminto usG3165
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
ὑμῶνhumōnyourG4771
ἀγάπηνagapēnloveG26
ἐνeninG1722
πνεύματι.¶pneumati[the] Spirit.G4151

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Colossians 1:8

  • Romans 15:30

    Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

  • 2 Timothy 1:7

    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

  • Galatians 5:22

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  • Romans 5:5

    And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

  • Colossians 1:4

    Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

  • 1 Peter 1:22

    Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4; Ro 5:5; 15:30; Ga 5:22; 2Ti 1:7; 1Pe 1:22

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Context

  • Colossians 1:7

    As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

  • Colossians 1:8

    Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

  • Colossians 1:9

    For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

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Colossians 1:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El cual también nos ha declarado vuestro amor en el Espíritu.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
qui nous a aussi fait connaître votre amour dans l’Esprit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
der uns auch eure Liebe im Geiste kundgetan hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui etiam manifestavit nobis dilectionem vestram in spiritu.