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Colossians 1:19
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17 aAnd He is before all things, and in Him ball things consist.  
18 And aHe is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, bthe firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.  

Reconciled in Christ

19 For it pleased the Father that ain Him all the fullness should dwell,  
20 and aby Him to reconcile ball things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, chaving made peace through the blood of His cross.  
21 And you, awho once were alienated and enemies in your mind bby wicked works, yet now He has creconciled  
22 ain the body of His flesh through death, bto present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—  
23 if indeed you continue ain the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are bnot moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, cwhich was preached to every creature under heaven, dof which I, Paul, became a minister.  

Sacrificial Service for Christ

24 aI now rejoice in my sufferings bfor you, and fill up in my flesh cwhat is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for dthe sake of His body, which is the church,  
Verse Comparison: Colossians 1:19

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American Standard Version
For it was the good pleasure `of the Father' that in him should all the fulness dwell;

Amplified® Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
God himself was pleased to live fully in his Son.

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

Good News Bible
For it was by God's own decision that the Son has in himself the full nature of God.

International Standard Version
For God was pleased to have all of his fullness live in him.

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

New American Standard Bible
For it was the {Father's} good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,

New International Version
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

New King James Version
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For the Father desires for all the fullness to dwell in Him,

Young's Literal Translation
because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,


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