King James Version
Colossians 2:10 in the King James Version says “And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:” — study this verse from Colossians chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:”
Colossians 2:10 · King James Version
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. rudiments: or, elements make a prey: or, seduce you, or, lead you astray
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“complete”
G4137to make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute
“the head”
G2776the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively
“principality”
G746(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“power”
G1849privilege, i.e., (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token o
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