^2:19He has not held fast³⁸ to the head from whom the whole body, supported³⁹ and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.⁴⁰

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Footnotes

38 The Greek participle κρατῶν (kratōn) was translated as a finite verb to avoid an unusually long and pedantic sentence structure in English.
39 See ἐπιχορηγέω 3.
40 The genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou theou) has been translated as a genitive of source, “from God.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They don’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with growth from God.

NLTNew Living Translation

and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God.

KJV 1900King James Version

And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

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