Colossians 1:19

Plain English Version

At the time when God’s son became a man, God lived in him properly. God was happy to live in him.

Cross References

John 1:16

That man is really good. And when he came, he was really good to us. He is like that. He is good to us all the time, even when we do nothing good for him.

John 3:34

You see, Jesus only says God’s words. God sent him and gave him the full power of his Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:21

You see, God is properly wise. He knows that most people in this world want to be smart and think up their own ideas about God. But he blocks them, so they will never get to know him that way. Instead, God is happy to save everybody that believes his message. And we tell you that message, even though other people think we are stupid.

Ephesians 1:23

Jesus lives in God’s people, like we are his body, and Jesus is our head. He comes into his people and fills them up. He is the boss over everything, everywhere.

Ephesians 1:3

God is the father of our leader Jesus Christ. God joined us to Jesus, and he gave us every good thing that our spirits need. So we have to thank him a lot.

Ephesians 1:5

so he got Jesus to bring us into his family, and now we can be God’s own kids. God did that because it is what he really wanted to do.

Ephesians 4:10

It was the same man, Jesus, that came down here, and then went up high, right up above all the sky. So now he can be everywhere.

Colossians 2:3

You see, Jesus knows everything, and he understands everything. He is the only one that can get us to think properly, so that we understand what is true. That is really good for us.

Colossians 2:9

Listen. God himself lives in Jesus Christ. Jesus has a body and God lives in that body, so that Jesus is properly God.

Colossians 3:11

You are a new person now. It doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or not, or if they did a young man operation on you or not. It doesn’t matter if you are from another country, or even if you are from a wild tribe. It doesn’t matter if you are a prisoner, or a free person. This is what matters, Jesus Christ lives inside all of his people. He is really great.