Colossians 1:19
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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.

Lexicon
For
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

[God] was pleased [to have]
εὐδόκησεν (eudokēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2106: To be well-pleased, think it good, be resolved. From eu and dokeo; to think well of, i.e. Approve; specially, to approbate.

all
πᾶν (pan)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

[His]
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

fullness
πλήρωμα (plērōma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4138: From pleroo; repletion or completion, i.e. what fills, or what is filled.

dwell
κατοικῆσαι (katoikēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2730: To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. From kata and oikeo; to house permanently, i.e. Reside.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Him,
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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

because all the fullness was pleased to dwell in Him,

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

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

for in him all the fulness [of the Godhead] was pleased to dwell,

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

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

For it was the Father's gracious will that the whole of the divine perfections should dwell in Him.

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;

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