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19 For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him [a]permanently.

20 And God purposed that through ([b]by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled [c]back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:19 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Colossians 1:20 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Colossians 1:20 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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