Colossians 1:19 “For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,”

Colossians 1:19

For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

World English Bible

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

American Standard Version

For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;

Geneva Bible 1599

For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,

Darby Translation

for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell,

Young's Literal Translation

because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

Bible in Basic English

For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

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Cross references

“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;”

Colossians 2:9 John 1:16 Ephesians 1:23 Colossians 2:3 Colossians 3:11 John 3:34

Colossians 2:9 · BSB

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

John 1:16 · BSB

From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

Ephesians 1:23 · BSB

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Colossians 2:3 · BSB

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Colossians 3:11 · BSB

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

John 3:34 · BSB

For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

Also

Ephesians 1:5

Ephesians 1:5 · BSB

He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

20and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

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