Colossians 1:19
Good News Translation
For it was by God's own decision that the Son has in himself the full nature of God.

New Revised Standard Version
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

Contemporary English Version
God himself was pleased to live fully in his Son.

New American Bible
For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because in him, it hath well pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell:

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Because in him, it hath well pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell:

Colossians 2:3,9 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. . . .

Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all and in all.

Matthew 11:25-27 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. . . .

Luke 10:21 In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight.

John 1:16 And of his fulness we all have received: and grace for grace.

John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God doth not give the Spirit by measure.

Ephesians 1:3,23 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ: . . .

Ephesians 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended above all the heavens: that he might fill all things.

Context
The Supremacy of Christ
18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he may hold the primacy: 19Because in him, it hath well pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell: 20And through him to reconcile all things unto himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, both as to the things that are on earth and the things that are in heaven.…
Cross References
John 1:16
And of his fulness we all have received: and grace for grace.

1 Corinthians 1:21
For, seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world, by wisdom, knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of our preaching, to save them that believe.

Ephesians 1:5
Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:

Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally.

Colossians 1:18
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