Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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
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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 one defraud you of the prize, desiring to do it in humiliation and worshipping of the angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his own flesh, 19 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. 20 If ye died with Christ to the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, such as,
Cross References
Ephesians 4:15-16
but cleaving to truth in love, may grow up in all things unto him who is the head, even Christ;
John 15:4-6
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye abide in me.
John 17:21
that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
Acts 4:32
And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart, and of one soul; and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Romans 11:17
And if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou, a wild olive, hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker with them of the root and fatness of the olivetree,
Romans 12:4-5
For as in one body we have many members, and the members have not all the same office,
1 Corinthians 1:10
But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a partaking of the blood of Christ? the loaf which we break, is it not a partaking of the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 12:12-27
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Galatians 1:6-9
I marvel that ye are so soon turning from him that called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel;
Galatians 5:2-4
Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing;
Ephesians 1:22
and put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
Ephesians 4:3
endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 5:29
for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ doth the church;
Philippians 1:27
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or remain absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,
Philippians 2:2-5
make my joy full, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, with union of soul cherishing one mind;
Colossians 1:10
that ye may walk worthily of the Lord so as to please him in all things, bearing 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; since he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he may be in all things preeminent;
Colossians 2:2
that their hearts may be encouraged, they being knit together in love, and that they may attain to all the riches of a full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God;
Colossians 2:6-9
As therefore ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
1 Thessalonians 3:12
and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we do in love toward you;
1 Thessalonians 4:10
for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, to abound in love still more;
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, as is fit, because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each ether aboundeth;
1 Timothy 2:4-6
whose will is that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be, all of one mind, have fellow feeling, love as brethren, be compassionate, be humble;
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and for ever.