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19 For in him all the fullness[a] was pleased to dwell,

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  1. 1:19 Fullness: in gnostic usage this term referred to a spiritual world of beings above, between God and the world; many later interpreters take it to refer to the fullness of the deity (Col 2:9); the reference could also be to the fullness of grace (cf. Jn 1:16).

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

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19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.(A)

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19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge(A)—that you may be filled(B) to the measure of all the fullness of God.(C)

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