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Berean Standard Bible

“For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,”

Colossians 1:19

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In Colossians 1, Paul gives one of the most exalted descriptions of Christ in the New Testament. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, and the one in whom all things were made.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

World English Bible (WEB)

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;

King James Version (KJV)

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

American Standard Version (ASV)

For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Por cuanto agradó al Padre que en él habitase toda plenitud,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Porque Dios quiso que en el Hijo habitara toda su plenitud.

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