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Colossians 2:9

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For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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  1. Colossians 1:19Rank 1 from verse 9
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    19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

  2. John 1:14Rank 2 from verse 9
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    14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

  3. John 10:30Rank 3 from verse 9
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    30I and my Father are one.

  4. 1 Timothy 3:16Rank 4 from verse 9
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    16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

  5. John 14:9–10Rank 5 from verse 9
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    9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

    10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

  6. 1 John 5:20Rank 6 from verse 9
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  7. John 10:38Rank 7 from verse 9
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    38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

  8. John 14:20Rank 8 from verse 9
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    20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

  9. Titus 2:13Rank 9 from verse 9
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    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

  10. Colossians 2:2–3Rank 10 from verse 9
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    2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

    3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

  11. Isaiah 7:14Rank 11 from verse 9
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    14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  12. John 17:21Rank 12 from verse 9
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    21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

  13. Matthew 1:23Rank 13 from verse 9
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    23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

  14. Luke 3:22Rank 14 from verse 9
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    22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

  15. 2 Corinthians 5:19Rank 15 from verse 9
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    19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

  16. 1 John 5:7Rank 16 from verse 9
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    7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

  17. John 2:21Rank 17 from verse 9
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    21But he spake of the temple of his body.

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Colossians 2:9

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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bodily

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Having or containing a body or material form; corporeal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2:8Beware 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.

2:9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

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2:10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

2:11In 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:

2:12Buried 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.

2:13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

2:14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

2:15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

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