Colossians 2:5

2:5 For though ¹  I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see ²  your morale ³  and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Colossians 2:12

2:12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your ⁴  faith in the power ⁵  of God who raised him from the dead.

¹ tn The conditional particle εἰ (ei) together with καί (kai) here indicates a first class condition in Greek and carries a concessive force, especially when seen in contrast to the following phrase which begins with ἀλλά (alla).

² tn Grk “rejoicing and seeing.”

³ tn The Greek word τάξις can mean “order,” “discipline,” or even “unbroken ranks” (REB).

⁴ tn The article with the genitive modifier τῆς πίστεως (th" pistew") is functioning as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

⁵ tn The genitive τῆς ἐνεργείας (th" energeia") has been translated as an objective genitive, “faith in the power.”