that their (A)hearts may be encouraged, having been (B)knit together in love, and that they would attain to all (C)the wealth [a]that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a (D)true knowledge of (E)God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all (F)the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:2 Lit of the full assurance

[For my hope is] that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in [unselfish] [a]love, so that they may have all the riches that come from the full assurance of understanding [the joy of salvation], resulting in a true [and more intimate] knowledge of the [b]mystery of God, that is, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge [regarding the word and purposes of God].

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 2:2 See note 1:4.
  2. Colossians 2:2 See note 1:26.

For in Him all the (A)fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

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For in Him all the fullness of Deity (the Godhead) dwells in bodily form [completely expressing the divine essence of God].

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