[SouthernClaire]

“If” is tricky in a lot of places, Elsie. It also means, “since.”

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Thayer Definition:
1) if, indeed, inasmuch, as, since
Part of Speech: conjunction
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G1487 and G1065

I hope that helps ya.

[Elsie]

I guess we could read all these guys and get some kind of consensus of what it ‘really’ means...

https://biblehub.com/commentaries/colossians/1-23.htm