Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.
New American Standard Bible
and not holding fast to
King James Version
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Holman Bible
He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body,
International Standard Version
He does not hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, which is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God enables it.
A Conservative Version
and not holding to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and held together through the connections and bonds, develops its growth from God.
American Standard Version
and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.
Amplified
and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God.
An Understandable Version
He is not holding on [firmly] to the head [i.e., Christ, the head of the church], from whom the entire body, being nourished and supported by its ligaments and joints, is caused to grow in size by God.
Anderson New Testament
and not holding the head, from which the whole body gathering vigor, and firmly united by joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
Common New Testament
and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
not adhering to the head, from which all the parts of the body derive its nutrition, and being firmly united together by its joints and ligaments, receives a divine increase.
Darby Translation
and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
Godbey New Testament
and not holding the Head, from which the entire body, by joints and ligaments being supplied and knitted together, increases the increase of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
Such people lose their connection with the head, from which the whole body through its ligaments and sinews must be governed and united if it is to grow in the divine way.
John Wesley New Testament
And not holding the head, from which all the body being nourished and knit together, by the joints and ligaments, increaseth with the increase of God.
Julia Smith Translation
And not having power over the Head, from whom all the body, by all the senses of touch and connections furnished and joined together, increases with the increase of God.
King James 2000
And not holding the Head, from whom all the body by joints and ligaments having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God.
Modern King James verseion
and not holding the Head, from whom all the body, having been supplied through the joints and bands, and having been joined together, will grow with the growth of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and holdeth not the head: whereof all the body by joints and couples receiveth nourishment, and is knit together, and increaseth with the increasing that cometh of God.
Moffatt New Testament
instead of keeping in touch with that Head under whom the entire Body, supplied with joints and sinews and thus compacted, grows with growth divine.
Montgomery New Testament
instead of keeping connection with the Head from the whole body draws nourishment for all its needs by the joints which bind it; and is knit together, and grows with a divine growth.
NET Bible
He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.
New Heart English Bible
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
Noyes New Testament
and not holding fast the Head, from which the whole body, supported and compacted by means of the joints and ligaments, groweth with an increase wrought by God.
Sawyer New Testament
and not holding the head, from which all the body being supplied and compacted by means of joints and tendons grows with an increase of God.
The Emphasized Bible
And not holding fast the head: from which, all the body, through means of its joints and uniting bands, receiving supply, and connecting itself together, groweth with the growth of God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and not firmly attached to the head, from which the whole body, by joints and ligaments, harmoniously adjusted and closely compacted, increaseth with increase from God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He fails to maintain union with the Head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and Keynesian of every part, grows with a divine growth.
Webster
And not holding the head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Weymouth New Testament
Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth.
Williams New Testament
Such a person is not continuing in connection with the Head, from which the whole body, when supplied and united through its joints and sinews, grows with a growth that God produces.
World English Bible
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
Worrell New Testament
and not holding fast the Head from Whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.
Worsley New Testament
and not adhering to the head, from which all the body, being supplied and held together as by joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
and not holding the head, from which all the body -- through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together -- may increase with the increase of God.
Themes
Christ » Guest, a » Head of the church
Christ, the head of the church » Perverters of the truth do not hold
Church » Body of Christ » Called the body of Christ
Church » Head of, Christ the » General references to
Church » Similitudes of the church compared to » Christ being the head
Head » Illustrative » Of Christ
Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ being the head
Topics
Interlinear
Krateo
Pas
Dia
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Epichoregeo
Sumbibazo
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 2:19
Images Colossians 2:19
Prayers for Colossians 2:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Beware Of Requirements Invented By Humans
18 Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind, 19 And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God. 20 If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders
Cross References
Ephesians 4:15-16
But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;
Job 19:9-12
He has put off my glory from me, and taken the crown from my head.
Psalm 139:15-16
My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
John 15:4-6
Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.
John 17:21
May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.
Acts 4:32
And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.
Romans 11:17
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,
Romans 12:4-5
For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 12:12-27
For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
Galatians 1:6-9
I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;
Galatians 5:2-4
See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.
Ephesians 1:22
And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,
Ephesians 4:3
Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.
Ephesians 5:29
For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;
Philippians 1:27
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
Philippians 2:2-5
Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;
Colossians 1:10
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
Colossians 2:2
So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,
Colossians 2:6-9
As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,
1 Thessalonians 3:12
And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;
1 Thessalonians 4:10
And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;
2 Thessalonians 1:3
It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;
1 Timothy 2:4-6
Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.
1 Peter 3:8
Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
2 Peter 3:18
But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.