And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
Parallel translations
- WEB and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
- KJV And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
- NKJV and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
- NASB and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over every ruler and authority;
- NLT So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
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Believers are made complete in Christ, who rules over every power. Union with Christ supplies everything they need.
Overview
Because the fullness dwells in Christ, 'in him you are made full'—lacking nothing for salvation and life. Christ is 'the head of all principality and power,' supreme over every spiritual authority the false teachers might fear or venerate. Believers need seek no supplement beyond their union with the all-sufficient Lord.
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Cross-references · 12
- Eph 3:19of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
- Col 1:16–18For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Eph 1:20–23which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- 1 Cor 1:30–31It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- Heb 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
- John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- Gal 3:26–29You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Eph 4:15–16Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
- Col 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Rev 5:9–13And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
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