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Colossians 3

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14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Colossians 3:14. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 38
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ τούτοις τὴν ἀγάπην, ἥτις ἐστὶ σύνδεσμος τῆς τελειότητος.

11 word entries
ἐπὶ
Lemma
epi
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
673
πᾶσι
Lemma
pasin
Transliteration
pasin
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
88
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
τούτοις
Lemma
toutoiv
Transliteration
toutoiv
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun dative plural neuter
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
19
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
ἀγάπην
Lemma
agaphn
Transliteration
agaphn
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G26
Occurrences
33
ἥτις
Lemma
htiv
Transliteration
htiv
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3748
Occurrences
40
ἐστὶ
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
σύνδεσμος
Transliteration
sundesmov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4886
Occurrences
1
τῆς
Lemma
thv
Transliteration
thv
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1339
τελειότητος
Transliteration
teleiothtov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5047
Occurrences
1
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

ἐπὶ πᾶσιν δὲ τούτοις τὴν ἀγάπην, ὅ ἐστιν σύνδεσμος τῆς τελειότητος.

11 word entries
ἐπὶ
Lemma
ἐπί
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1909
Occurrences
888
πᾶσιν
Lemma
πᾶς
Morphology
A-DPN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
1224
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
τούτοις
Morphology
D-DPN
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G3778
Occurrences
1379
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἀγάπην,
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0026
Occurrences
116
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-NSN
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
ἐστιν
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
σύνδεσμος
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4886
Occurrences
4
τῆς
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
τελειότητος.
Morphology
N-GSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5047
Occurrences
2
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܥܡ ܗܠܝܢ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܚܘܒܐ ܕܗܘܝܘ ܚܙܩܐ ܕܓܡܝܪܘܬܐ

7 word entries
ܘܥܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܘܥܡ
Transliteration
w'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
27
ܗܠܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
451
ܟܠܗܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
klhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
88
ܚܘܒܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hwb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
36
ܕܗܘܝܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dhwyw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
19
ܚܙܩܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hzq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܕܓܡܝܪܘܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dgmyrwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Super omnia autem hæc, caritatem habete, quod est vinculum perfectionis:

9 word entries
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
omnia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnia
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
haec
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
haec
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
caritatem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caritas
Transliteration
caritatem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
100
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
vinculum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
vinculum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
60
perfectionis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
perfectionis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
6

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

1 Peter 4:8

And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

27 relevance votes

Ephesians 5:2

And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

19 relevance votes

Colossians 2:2

So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

12 relevance votes

John 13:34

I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

11 relevance votes

Romans 13:8

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

11 relevance votes

Ephesians 4:3

Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

10 relevance votes

1 Timothy 1:5

But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:

7 relevance votes

1 John 4:21

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

7 relevance votes

1 Thessalonians 4:9

But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

5 relevance votes

2 Peter 1:7

And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

5 relevance votes

John 15:12

This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

5 relevance votes

John 17:23

I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

4 relevance votes
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