Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit,
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.
A Conservative Version
Because in him it was considered good for all the fullness dwell,
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,
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 Also, he is the head of the Body, that is, of the church, in virtue of his primacy as the first to be born from the dead ??that gives him pre-eminence over all. 19 For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit, 20 and by him it willed to reconcile in his own person all on earth and in heaven alike, in a peace made by the blood of his cross.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 1:16
For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;
Colossians 2:9
It is in Christ that the entire Fulness of deity has settled bodily,
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who in Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly sphere!
Matthew 11:25-27
At that time Jesus spoke and said, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simpleminded;
Luke 10:21
He thrilled with joy at that hour in the holy Spirit, saying, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simple-minded; yes, Father, I praise thee that such was thy chosen purpose." Then turning to the disciples he said,
John 3:34
For he whom God has sent utters the words of God ??God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;
Ephesians 1:5
destining us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ. Such was the purpose of his will,
Ephesians 1:23
the church which is his Body, filled by him who fills the universe entirely.
Ephesians 4:10
He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe;
Colossians 2:3
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden!
Colossians 3:11
In it there is no room for Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free man; Christ is everything and everywhere.