Colossians 1:19
Modern Translations
New International Version
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

New Living Translation
For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ,

English Standard Version
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

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

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

NASB 1995
For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,

NASB 1977
For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fulness to dwell in Him,

Amplified Bible
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),

Christian Standard Bible
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God was pleased to have all of himself live in Christ.

International Standard Version
For God was pleased to have all of his divine essence inhabit him.

NET Bible
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

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

King James 2000 Bible
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;

New Heart English Bible
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,

World English Bible
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;

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

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

A Faithful Version
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell;

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For it pleased the father that in hym shoulde all fulnesse dwell,

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For it pleased the father, that in him shulde dwell all fulnesse,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For it pleased the father that in him shuld all fulnes dwell
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
because all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him,

Berean Literal Bible
because all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him,

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

Smith's Literal Translation
For in him was he pleased that all fulness should dwell:

Literal Emphasis Translation
Because in Him, it was well-pleased for all the fullness to dwell,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because in him, it hath well pleased the Father, that all fullness should dwell;

Catholic Public Domain Version
For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For in him All Fullness is pleased to dwell,

Lamsa Bible
For it pleased God to complete all things in him;

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
for it pleased the Father that all his fullness should dwell in him,

Godbey New Testament
because in him all fulness is pleased to dwell;

Haweis New Testament
For it hath pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell;

Mace New Testament
for it seemed good to the father to inhabit the whole body of the church by Christ:

Weymouth New Testament
For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should 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;
















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