08 Core Glossary — Colossians (German)

#	English term	Greek	First occurrence(s)	German rendering	Status	Notes
1	image of the invisible God	εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου	1:15	Ebenbild des unsichtbaren Gottes	NEW	—
2	firstborn of all creation	πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως	1:15	Erstgeborener aller Schöpfung	NEW	Rank/supremacy sense, never a creation-in-time claim (guard against Arian misreading).
3	all things created in him / through him and for him	ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη… δι᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν	1:16	in ihm ist alles geschaffen… durch ihn und zu ihm hin	NEW	Answers the Colossian heresy’s power-veneration directly.
4	he is before all things, in him all things hold together	πρὸ πάντων… συνέστηκεν	1:17	er ist vor allem… in ihm besteht alles	NEW	Ongoing present-tense sustaining, not only a past creative act.
5	head of the body, the church	κεφαλὴ τοῦ σώματος τῆς ἐκκλησίας	1:18	Haupt des Leibes, der Gemeinde	TM (from Ephesians)	Reuses Ephesians 1:22/4:15/5:23 exactly.
6	firstborn from the dead	πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν	1:18	der Erstgeborene von den Toten	NEW	Distinct sense from row 2’s “firstborn” (resurrection-priority, not rank-supremacy).
7	all the fullness / to reconcile all things	πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα… ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα	1:19-20	die ganze Fülle… alles versöhnen	NEW	Fülle vocabulary must match 2:9 exactly.
8	the mystery, Christ in you	τὸ μυστήριον… Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν	1:27	das Geheimnis… Christus in euch	TM (from Ephesians)	Reuses Ephesians 3:3-9’s Geheimnis.
9	philosophy and empty deceit	φιλοσοφία καὶ κενὴ ἀπάτη	2:8	Philosophie und leerem Trug	NEW	German-specific risk: guard against a blanket anti-philosophy misreading given Germany’s philosophical heritage.
10	the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily	πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος σωματικῶς	2:9	die ganze Fülle der Gottheit leibhaftig	NEW	Most concentrated deity-and-incarnation statement in the letter.
11	certificate of debt	τὸ χειρόγραφον	2:14	der Schuldschein	NEW	Concrete legal-financial metaphor.
12	worship of angels	θρησκεία τῶν ἀγγέλων	2:18	Verehrung der Engel	NEW	Part of the Colossian-heresy complex.
13	seek the things above	τὰ ἄνω ζητεῖτε	3:1	Trachtet nach dem, was droben ist	NEW	Widely known Lutherbibel phrasing.
14	Christ is all, and in all	Χριστὸς τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν	3:11	Christus ist alles und in allen	NEW	Colossians’ own unity formula; unqualified list retained in full, per Galatians 3:28 discipline.
15	submit / slaves and masters	ὑποτάσσεσθε / δοῦλοι, κύριοι	3:18-4:1	sich unterordnen / Sklaven, Herren	TM (from Ephesians)	Same mandatory sensitivity review as Ephesians 5:22-6:9.
16	speech seasoned with salt	ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος	4:6	mit Salz gewürzt	NEW	Concrete culinary metaphor for winsome speech.

Coverage confirmation

16 glossary entries span all four chapters: chapter 1 (rows 1-8), chapter 2 (rows 9-12), chapter 3 (rows 13-15), and chapter 4 (row 16). Terms already established in the Ephesians package (rows 5, 8, 15) are reused verbatim.