Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 No one can put you in the wrong by persisting in studied humility and the worship of angels, being absorbed in the visions he has seen, and groundlessly conceited over his mere human mind. 19 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. 20 If you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things, why do you act as though you still belonged to the world, and submit to rules like
Cross References
Ephesians 4:15-16
We must lovingly hold to the truth and grow up into perfect union with him who is the head??hrist himself.
John 15:4-6
You must remain united to me and I will remain united to you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains united to the vine, you cannot unless you remain united to me.
John 17:21
Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.
Acts 4:32
There was but one heart and soul in the multitude who had become believers, and not one of them claimed anything that belonged to him as his own, but they shared everything they had with one another.
Romans 11:17
If some of the branches have been broken off, and you who were only a wild olive shoot have been grafted in, in place of them, and made to share the richness of the olive's root,
Romans 12:4-5
For just as there are many parts united in our human bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,
1 Corinthians 1:10
But I urge you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree in what you say, and not to allow factions among you, but to be perfectly united in mind and judgment.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but it was God who made the plants grow.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Does not the consecrated cup which we bless mean that in drinking it we share in the blood of Christ? Does not the bread that we break mean that in eating it we share in the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 12:12-27
For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, form one body, so it is with Christ.
Galatians 1:6-9
I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the mercy of Christ, to some different good news??7 not that there is any other, only that there are some people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of the Christ around.
Galatians 5:2-4
Why, I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do nothing for you.
Ephesians 1:22
He has put everything under his feet and made him the indisputable head of the church,
Ephesians 4:3
Make every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit through the tie of peace.
Ephesians 5:29
for no one ever hates his own person, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ does with the church,
Philippians 1:27
Whatever happens, show yourselves citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am kept away and only hear news of you, I may know that you are standing firm with one spirit, one purpose, fighting side by side for faith in the good news.
Philippians 2:2-5
make me perfectly happy by living in harmony, with the same attitude of love, with the same feeling and purpose.
Colossians 1:10
so that the lives you live may be worthy of your Master and wholly pleasing to him, and you may be fruitful in all kinds of good deeds, and may grow into fuller knowledge of God.
Colossians 1:18
He is the head of the church, it is his body; for he is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead??hat he might come to stand first in everything.
Colossians 2:2
that your hearts may be cheered. I want you to be united by love, and to have all the benefit of assured knowledge in coming to know Christ??3 that divine mystery in which all treasures of wisdom and knowledge are to be found.
Colossians 2:6-9
So just as you once accepted the Christ, Jesus, as your Lord, you must live in vital union with him.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
May the Lord make your love for one another and for all men wide and full like my love for you,
1 Thessalonians 4:10
and you are doing it to all the brothers all over Macedonia. But we do entreat you, brothers, to surpass yourselves
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We always have to thank God for you, brothers, as it is right that we should, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
1 Timothy 2:4-6
who wants all men to be saved and to come to know the truth.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest,
2 Peter 3:18
You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.