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Colossians 1:19–20

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19For 1it was athe Father’s good pleasure for all bthe 2fullness to dwell in Him,

20and through Him to areconcile all things to Himself, having made bpeace through cthe blood of His cross; through Him, I say, dwhether things on earth or things in 1heaven.

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Colossians 1:19–20: For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Footnotes

  1. 1Or all the fullness was pleased to dwell
  2. 2I.e. fullness of deity
  3. 1Lit the heavens

Cross references

  1. aEph 1:5
  2. bJohn 1:16
  3. a2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16
  4. bRom 5:1; Eph 2:14
  5. cEph 2:13
  6. dCol 1:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For God was pleased to have

all his fullness dwell in him,

and through him to reconcile

everything to himself,

whether things on earth or things in heaven,

by making peace

through his blood, shed on the cross.

NLTNew Living Translation

For God in all his fullness

was pleased to live in Christ,

and through him God reconciled

everything to himself.

He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth

by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because he was well pleased for all the fullness to dwell in him, and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

KJV 1900King James Version

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.