Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
I want their hearts to be encouraged
New American Standard Bible
that their
King James Version
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
International Standard Version
Because they are united in love, I pray that their hearts may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of the full knowledge of the Messiah, who is the mystery of God.
A Conservative Version
So that their hearts may be encouraged, having been united together in love, and for all wealth of the full assurance of understanding, to knowledge of the mystery of the God and Father of the Christ.
American Standard Version
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,
Amplified
[For my hope is] that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in [unselfish]
An Understandable Version
[I do this] so that their hearts will be encouraged [while] being united in [mutual] love, [and] so that they will have the wealth of a fully assured understanding, in order to fully know about God's hidden secret, [which is] Christ.
Anderson New Testament
that their hearts may be comforted, they being firmly united in love in order to gain all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may acknowledge the mystery of God, even the Father, and of Christ,
Bible in Basic English
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,
Common New Testament
that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love, to have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ himself,
Daniel Mace New Testament
that their hearts might be comforted, and that being firmly united in love, they might possess the highest and fullest persuasion of the truth of this doctrine, by entring into this mystery, even of God the father, and of Christ,
Darby Translation
to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God;
Godbey New Testament
in order that their hearts may be comforted, being knitted together in divine love, and in all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the perfect knowledge of the mystery of God, of Christ,
Goodspeed New Testament
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.
John Wesley New Testament
That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, even unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the acknowledgment of the mystery of God,
Julia Smith Translation
That their hearts might be comforted, being joined together in love, and to all the riches of the complete certainty of the understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and the Father, and of Christ;
King James 2000
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Lexham Expanded Bible
so that their hearts may be encouraged, united in love and into all the wealth of the full assurance of insight into the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,
Modern King James verseion
that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that their hearts might be comforted and knit together in love, and in all riches of full understanding, for to know the mystery of God the father and of Christ:
Moffatt New Testament
May their hearts be encouraged! May they learn the meaning of love! May they have all the wealth of conviction that comes from insight! May they learn to know that open secret of God, the Father of Christ,
Montgomery New Testament
May their hearts be comforted! May they be knit together in love! May they gain in all its riches the full assurance of their understanding! May they come to a perfect knowledge of the secret truth of God, which is Christ himself.
NET Bible
My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
New Heart English Bible
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
Noyes New Testament
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;
Sawyer New Testament
that your hearts may be comforted, being united in love and [raised] to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God,
The Emphasized Bible
In order that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, even unto all the riches of the full assurance of their understanding, unto a personal knowledge of the sacred secret of God, - Christ:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
that their hearts may be comforted, firmly united together in love, and unto all riches of full assurance of understanding, in the knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Twentieth Century New Testament
In the hope that they, being bound to one another by love, and keeping in view the full blessedness of a firm conviction, may be encouraged to strive for a perfect knowledge of God's hidden Truth,
Webster
That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Weymouth New Testament
in order that their hearts may be cheered, they themselves being welded together in love and enjoying all the advantages of a reasonable certainty, till at last they attain the full knowledge of God's truth, which is Christ Himself.
Williams New Testament
that their hearts may be encouraged, by having been knit together in love and by having atoned to the full assurance of understanding, so that they may finally reach the fullest knowledge of the open secret, Christ Himself,
World English Bible
that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
Worrell New Testament
that their hearts may he comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, even Christ,
Worsley New Testament
that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all the riches of a full assurance of understanding in these things, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of our God and Father, and of Christ:
Youngs Literal Translation
that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,
Themes
Assurance » Is abundant in the understanding of the gospel
Christ » Morning star » Mystery of
Interlinear
Parakaleo
Sumbibazo
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 2:2
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 2:2
Prayers for Colossians 2:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Christ, The Mystery Of God
1
For I want you to know how great a struggle
Phrases
Cross References
Colossians 4:8
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know how we are
Romans 16:25
Now to Him who has power to strengthen you
Ephesians 6:22
I am sending him to you for this very reason, to let you know how we are and to encourage
Colossians 1:27
God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ
Colossians 3:14
Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity.
Psalm 133:1
A Davidic song of ascents.
when brothers live together in harmony!
Isaiah 32:17
the effect of righteousness
will be quiet confidence forever.
Isaiah 40:1
says your God.
Isaiah 53:11
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous
and He will carry their iniquities.
Jeremiah 9:24
that he understands and knows Me
that I am Yahweh, showing faithful love,
justice, and righteousness on the earth,
for I delight in these things.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said,
Matthew 11:27
Luke 10:21-22
In that same hour
John 1:1-3
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
John 5:17
But Jesus responded to them,
John 5:23
John 6:69
We have come to believe and know that You are the Holy One of God!”
John 10:30
John 10:38
John 14:9-11
Jesus said to him,
John 16:15
John 17:3
John 17:21-23
Acts 4:32
Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him
1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.
2 Corinthians 1:4-6
He comforts us in all our affliction,
Galatians 3:28
There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free,
Ephesians 1:17-19
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,
Ephesians 3:9-10
and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created
Philippians 2:1
If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love,
Philippians 3:8
More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value
Colossians 1:9
For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking
Colossians 1:15-17
the firstborn over all creation.
1 Thessalonians 1:5
For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 3:2
And we sent Timothy,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we exhort you, brothers:
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved
1 Timothy 3:16
And most certainly, the mystery of godliness
vindicated in the Spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed
taken up in glory.
Hebrews 6:11
Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope,
Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
2 Peter 1:3
His
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election,
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge
1 John 3:19
This is how we will know we belong to the truth
1 John 4:12-13
No one has ever seen God.
1 John 5:7
For there are three that testify: