Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
For God was pleased to have all of his divine essence inhabit him.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Holman Bible
all His fullness
A Conservative Version
Because in him it was considered good for all the fullness dwell,
American Standard Version
For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell;
Amplified
For it pleased the Father for all the fullness [of deity—the sum total of His essence, all His perfection, powers, and attributes] to dwell [permanently] in Him (the Son),
An Understandable Version
For God was very pleased to have all of [His] fullness dwell in Christ [See 2:9],
Anderson New Testament
for it pleased the Father that all his fullness should dwell in him,
Bible in Basic English
For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;
Common New Testament
For all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell in him
Daniel Mace New Testament
for it seemed good to the father to inhabit the whole body of the church by Christ:
Darby Translation
for in him all the fulness of the Godhead was pleased to dwell,
Godbey New Testament
because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell;
Goodspeed New Testament
For all the divine fulness chose to dwell in him,
John Wesley New Testament
For it pleased the Father, that all fulness should dwell in him:
Julia Smith Translation
For in him was he pleased that all fulness should dwell:
King James 2000
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;
Lexham Expanded Bible
because he was well pleased [for] all the fullness to dwell in him,
Modern King James verseion
For it pleased the Father that in Him all fullness should dwell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For it pleased the father that in him should all fullness dwell,
Moffatt New Testament
For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit,
Montgomery New Testament
For in him all the divine fulness chose to dwell;
NET Bible
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son
New Heart English Bible
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
Noyes New Testament
for God was pleased that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to himself,
Sawyer New Testament
for in him [God] was well pleased that all fullness should dwell,
The Emphasized Bible
Because, in him, was all the fullness well pleased to dwell,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For it hath pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell;
Twentieth Century New Testament
For it pleased the Father that in him the divine nature in all its fulness should dwell,
Webster
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;
Weymouth New Testament
For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.
Williams New Testament
It is so because it was the divine choice that all the divine fullness should dwell in Him,
World English Bible
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
Worrell New Testament
because it was pleasing that in Him all the fulness should dwell;
Worsley New Testament
For it pleased the Father, that all fulness should dwell in Him;
Youngs Literal Translation
because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,
Themes
Atonement » Made by jesus » Divinely ordained
Body » Jesus Christ being the head of the body (the church)
Christ » Promises of » Fulness of
Pleasure » What is pleasing to the lord
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Colossians 1:19
Devotionals containing Colossians 1:19
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 1:19
Images Colossians 1:19
Prayers for Colossians 1:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence
18 He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything. 19 For God was pleased to have all of his divine essence inhabit him. 20 Through the Son, God also reconciled all things to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, thereby making peace through the blood of his cross.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 1:16
We have all received one gracious gift after another from his abundance,
Colossians 2:9
because all the essence of deity inhabits him in bodily form.
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,
Matthew 11:25-27
At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants.
Luke 10:21
At that moment, the Holy Spirit made Jesus extremely joyful, so Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this is what was pleasing to you.
John 3:34
The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.
Ephesians 1:5
he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah, according to the pleasure of his will,
Ephesians 1:23
which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills everything in every way.
Ephesians 4:10
The one who went down is the same one who went up above all the heavens so that all things would be fulfilled.
Colossians 2:3
In him are stored all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 3:11
In him there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free person. Instead, the Messiah is all and in all.