Colossians 1:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Because all the fullness of God was pleased to live in him,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,

Colossians 1:19 Cross References

Colossians 2:9

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

John 1:16

From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

Ephesians 1:23

which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Colossians 2:3

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

Colossians 3:11

In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, enslaved and free, but Christ is all and in all!

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

John 3:34

He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.

Ephesians 4:10

He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)

Luke 10:21

At that very hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

Ephesians 1:5

He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.