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becauseὅτιGod was pleasedεὐδόκησενfor allπᾶνthe fullnessτὸ πλήρωμαto dwellκατοικῆσαιinἐνhim,αὐτῷ
Colossians 1:19
Study it in the app“because God was pleased for all the fullness to dwell in him,”
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With the Greek beneath
Colossians 1:19, word by word
- God was pleasedεὐδόκησενeudokēsen
decide gladly
To decide something gladly.
Where else “eudokēsen” appears- the fullnessπλήρωμαplērōma
fullness
Everything that fills something completely.
Where else “plērōma” appears- to dwellκατοικῆσαιkatoikēsai
dwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katoikēsai” appears
Translation note
It can also be understood as “because all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him.”
The context
18And he is the head of the body, the assembly. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may come to be first in all things,
19 · This verse (above)
20and through him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.