19 (A)For it pleased the Father, that in him should [a]all fullness dwell.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:19 Most plentiful abundance of all things pertaining to God.

19 For God was pleased(A) to have all his fullness(B) dwell in him,

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[a]For [b]in him [c]dwelleth [d]all the fullness of the Godhead [e]bodily.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:9 A reason: Because only Christ God and man, is most perfect, and passeth far above all things, so that whosoever hath him, may require nothing more.
  2. Colossians 2:9 By these words, is showed a distinction of the natures.
  3. Colossians 2:9 This word (Dwelleth) noteth out unto us the joining together of those natures, so that of God and Man, is one Christ.
  4. Colossians 2:9 These words set down most perfect Godhead to be in Christ.
  5. Colossians 2:9 The knitting together of God and man, is substantial and essential.

For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

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