COL 2:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and you also have been completed and are in him. He is the head of all rule and authority.

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST In addition, you have everything you need since God has united you to the Messiah, who rules over the spiritual beings, including every ruler and every authority.

BSB And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

BLB And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority,

AICNT and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

OEB and, by your union with him, you also are filled with it. He is the head of all archangels and powers of heaven.

WEB and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.

MSG ^(8-10)Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything.

NET and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

LSV and you are made full in Him, who is the head of all principality and authority,

FBV and you have been made full[fn] in him. He is supreme over every ruler and authority.

2:10 Or “complete,” “whole.”

TCNT and you have been filled by him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

T4T And you are spiritually complete because you have a close relationship with Christ, who rules over every other ruler.

LEB and you are filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority,

BBE And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:

MOF No MOF COL book available

ASV and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:

DRA And you are filled in him, who is the head of all principality and power:

YLT and ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,

DBY and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and authority,

RV and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:

WBS And ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power:

KJB And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
(And ye/you_all are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: )

BB And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power,
(And ye/you_all are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power,)

GNV And yee are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power.
(And ye/you_all are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power. )

CB and ye are complete in him, which is the heade of all rule and power:
(and ye/you_all are complete in him, which is the heade of all rule and power:)

TNT and ye are complete in him which is the heed of all rule and power
(and ye/you_all are complete in him which is the heed of all rule and power )

WYC And ye ben fillid in hym, that is heed of al principat and power.
(And ye/you_all been filled in him, that is heed of all principat and power.)

LUT Und ihr seid vollkommen in ihm, welcher ist das Haupt aller Fürstentümer und Obrigkeit,
(And her seid vollkommen in ihm, which is the Haupt aller Fürstentümer and Obrigkeit,)

CLV et estis in illo repleti, qui est caput omnis principatus et potestatis:
(and estis in illo repleti, who it_is caput everyone principatus and potestatis: )

UGNT καὶ ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ πεπληρωμένοι, ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας;
(kai este en autōi peplaʸrōmenoi, hos estin haʸ kefalaʸ pasaʸs arⱪaʸs kai exousias?)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ πεπληρωμένοι, ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας,
(kai este en autōi peplaʸrōmenoi, hos estin haʸ kefalaʸ pasaʸs arⱪaʸs kai exousias, )

TC-GNT καὶ ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ πεπληρωμένοι, ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλὴ πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας·
(kai este en autōi peplaʸrōmenoi, hos estin haʸ kefalaʸ pasaʸs arⱪaʸs kai exousias; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καὶ

and

The word and introduces another reason why the Colossians need to watch out for anyone who provides teaching that is “not according to Christ” (2:8): not only is Christ fully God (2:9), but he provides the way in which the Colossians are filled with everything they need. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this link more explicit. Alternate translation: “and furthermore,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐστὲ ἐν αὐτῷ πεπληρωμένοι

˱you_all˲_are in him /having_been/_fulfilled

Here Paul speaks as if people were containers that are filled when they are united to Christ, which means that people receive everything they need, including salvation, in their union with Christ. The word filled is very similar to the word Paul used in 2:9 for “fullness.” If your language uses similar words in these two sentences, you could use a word like the one you used in 2:9. If not, you could express this idea in another way, use a comparable metaphor, or express it plainly. Alternate translation: “you lack nothing because of your union with the Messiah” or “there is nothing lacking in the way in which God has caused you to live by being joined closely to him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐστὲ & πεπληρωμένοι

˱you_all˲_are & /having_been/_fulfilled

If in your language does not use this passive form, you could translate this verb in the active form, with God as the subject. Alternate translation: “God has filled you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἡ κεφαλὴ πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας

the head ˱of˲_all rule and authority

The expression head of here refers to supremacy and authority over something or somebody. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly with another noun, such as “sovereign” or “ruler,” or a verb, such as “rule.” Alternate translation: “the sovereign over all rule and authority” or “the one who rules over all rule and authority”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας

˱of˲_all rule and authority

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the abstract nouns rule and authority in other ways. These words could refer to: (1) powerful spiritual beings, as in 1:16. Alternate translation: “of all spirit beings who govern and rule” (2) anyone or anything with power and authority. Alternate translation: “over anyone who rules and commands others”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας

˱of˲_all rule and authority

The terms rule and authority mean similar things. Paul is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “over anyone who governs others”

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