Colossians 1:19 KJV — MannaFest

Colossians 1:19

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

KJV

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YLT

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

ASV

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

WEB

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

DBT

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

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Colossians — Christ is preeminent — creator and sustainer, the head of the body, the reconciler of all things. Against every philosophy and empty deceit, the full sufficiency of Christ.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:16
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Colossians 2:3
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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All our hopes and joys take their rise from him who is the author of our salvation. Not that he was the first who ever rose from the dead, but the first and only one who rose by his own power, and was declared to be the Son of God, and Lord of all things. And he is the head of the resurrection, and has given us an example and evidence of our resurrection from the dead.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell in him; and we may have free resort to him for all that grace for which we have occasion. He not only intercedes for it, but is the trustee in whose hands it is lodged to dispense to us: Of his fulness we receive, and grace for grace, grace in us answering to that grace which is in him ( John i.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Inscription and Apostolical Benediction. 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The inscription of this epistle is much the same with the rest; only it is observable that, 1.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Greek, "(God) was well pleased," &c. in him--that is, in the Son (Mt 3:17). all fulness--rather as Greek, "all the fulness," namely, of God, whatever divine excellence is in God the Father (Col 2:9;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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COL 1:19COL 2:9 JHN 10:30
COL 1:19COL 2:9 JHN 1:14
COL 1:19JHN 1:16 COL 2:9-10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
COL 1:19JHN 1:16 EPH 3:19
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
COL 1:19COL 3:11 GAL 3:28-29
COL 1:19COL 2:9 1TI 3:16
COL 1:19COL 3:11 1CO 12:13
COL 1:19COL 2:9 JHN 14:9-10

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