Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Because in him it was considered good for all the fullness dwell,
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Holman Bible
all His fullness
International Standard Version
For God was pleased to have all of his divine essence inhabit him.
American Standard Version
For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;
Amplified
For it pleased the Father for all the fullness [of deity—the sum total of His essence, all His perfection, powers, and attributes] to dwell [permanently] in Him (the Son),
An Understandable Version
For God was very pleased to have all of [His] fullness dwell in Christ [See 2:9],
Anderson New Testament
for it pleased the Father that all his fullness should dwell in him,
Bible in Basic English
For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;
Common New Testament
For all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell in him
Daniel Mace New Testament
for it seemed good to the father to inhabit the whole body of the church by Christ:
Darby Translation
for in him all the fulness of the Godhead was pleased to dwell,
Godbey New Testament
because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell;
Goodspeed New Testament
For all the divine fulness chose to dwell in him,
John Wesley New Testament
For it pleased the Father, that all fulness should dwell in him:
Julia Smith Translation
For in him was he pleased that all fulness should dwell:
King James 2000
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;
Lexham Expanded Bible
because he was well pleased [for] all the fullness to dwell in him,
Modern King James verseion
For it pleased the Father that in Him all fullness should dwell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For it pleased the father that in him should all fullness dwell,
Moffatt New Testament
For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit,
Montgomery New Testament
For in him all the divine fulness chose to dwell;
NET Bible
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son
New Heart English Bible
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
Noyes New Testament
for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,
Sawyer New Testament
for in him [God] was well pleased that all fullness should dwell,
The Emphasized Bible
Because, in him, was all the fullness well pleased to dwell,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For it hath pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell;
Twentieth Century New Testament
For it pleased the Father that in him the divine nature in all its fulness should dwell,
Webster
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;
Weymouth New Testament
For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.
Williams New Testament
It is so because it was the divine choice that all the divine fullness should dwell in Him,
World English Bible
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
Worrell New Testament
because it was pleasing that in Him all the fulness should dwell;
Worsley New Testament
For it pleased the Father, that all fulness should dwell in Him;
Youngs Literal Translation
because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,
Themes
Atonement » Made by jesus » Divinely ordained
Body » Jesus Christ being the head of the body (the church)
Christ » Promises of » Fulness of
Pleasure » What is pleasing to the lord
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:19
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:19
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:19
Images Colossians 1:19
Prayers for Colossians 1:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
18 And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might become preeminent in all things. 19 Because in him it was considered good for all the fullness dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him whether things upon the earth or things in the heavens.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 1:16
And from his fullness we all received, even grace for grace.
Colossians 2:9
Because in him all the fullness of the divinity dwells bodily.
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly things in Christ.
Matthew 11:25-27
Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
Luke 10:21
In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit, and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, that thou hid these things from the wise and astute, and revealed them to the childlike. Yea, Father, because it becam
John 3:34
For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
Ephesians 1:5
Who predestined us for sonship through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the desire of his will,
Ephesians 1:23
which is his body, the fulfillment of him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 4:10
He who descended is also the same man who ascended high above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.
Colossians 2:3
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 3:11
where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman, but the all and in all, Christ.