Colossians 2:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Colossians 2:9

7 ^arooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding¹ in it with thanksgiving.

8 Beware lest anyone¹ cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to ^athe tradition of men, according to the ^bbasic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

9 For ^ain Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead¹ bodily;

10 and you are complete in Him, who is the ^ahead of all principality and power.

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11 In Him you were also ^acircumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by ^bputting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

12 ^aburied with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through ^bfaith in the working of God, ^cwho raised Him from the dead.

13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

14 ^ahaving wiped out the¹ handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

15 ^aHaving disarmed ^bprincipalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

16 So let no one ^ajudge you in food or in drink, or regarding a¹ festival or a new moon or sabbaths,

17 ^awhich are a shadow of things to come, but the¹ substance is of Christ.

Verse Comparison: Colossians 2:9

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American Standard Version
for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

Amplified® Bible
For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature].

Contemporary English Version
God lives fully in Christ.

Darby English Version
For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;

Good News Bible
For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,

International Standard Version
For in him the whole fullness of God lives in bodily form.

King James Version
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

New American Standard Bible
For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

New International Version
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,

New King James Version
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

Young's Literal Translation
because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

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