Colossians 2:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.”
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BSBPD
“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Colossians 2:9 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
- Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
- Luke 14:22‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 2:21But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
- John 10:38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
- John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
- John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
- John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- Colossians 1:19For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
- Colossians 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
- 1 Timothy 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
- Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- 1 John 5:7For there are three that testify:
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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