- Colossians 2:2
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- Colossians 2:2
- (KJV) That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love,
and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the
acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and
of Christ;
- (1611 KJV) That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in loue, and vnto all riches of the full assurance of vnderstanding, to the
acknowledgement of the mysterie of God, and of the Father, and
of Christ,
- (1587 Geneva Bible) That their heartes might be comforted, and they knit
together in loue, and in all riches of the full assurance of vnderstanding,
to know the mysterie of God, euen the Father, and of Christ:
- (1526 Tyndale) that their hertes myght be coforted and knet togedder in
love and in all ryches of full vnderstondynge for to knowe ye mistery of God
ye father and of Christ
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- Counterfeit Versions
- (1881 RV) that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together
in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that
they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,
- (1901 ASV) that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together
in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that
they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,
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(CSB) I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love,
so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the
knowledge of God’s mystery — Christ.
- (NIV) My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in
love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in
order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
- (NASV) that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in
love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of
understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is,
Christ Himself,
- (THE MESSAGE) I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with
everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and
at rest, focused on Christ, God's great mystery.
- (AMP) [For my concern is] that their hearts may be braced (comforted,
cheered, and encouraged) as they are knit together in love, that they may
come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of
understanding, and that they may become progressively more intimately
acquainted with and may know more definitely and accurately and thoroughly
that mystic secret of God, [which is] Christ (the Anointed One).
- (NLT) I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of
love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s
mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.
- (ESV) that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love,
to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge
of God’s mystery, which is Christ,
- (CEV) I do it to encourage them. Then as their hearts are joined
together in love, they will be wonderfully blessed with complete
understanding. And they will truly know Christ. Not only is he the key to
God's mystery,
- (NCV) I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love so
that they may be rich in their understanding. This leads to their knowing
fully God's secret, that is, Christ himself.
- (HCSB) [I want] their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in
love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding, and
have the knowledge of God's mystery —Christ.
- (NIRV) I want their hearts to be made cheerful and strong. I want them
to be joined together in love. Then their understanding will be rich and
complete. They will know the mystery of God. That mystery is Christ.
- (RSV) that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in
love, to have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of
God's mystery, of Christ,
- (NAB-Roman Catholic) that their hearts may be encouraged as they are
brought together in love, to have all the richness of fully assured
understanding, for the knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ,
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses) that their hearts may be comforted, that they
may be harmoniously joined together in love and with a view to all the
riches of the full assurance of [their] understanding, with a view to an
accurate knowledge of the sacred secret of God, namely, Christ.
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- Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
- ινα
παρακληθωσιν αι
καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντων εν αγαπη και εις παντα πλουτον της πληροφοριας
της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου
και πατρος και του χριστου
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- Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
- ινα παρακληθωσιν αι καρδιαι αυτων συμβιβασθεντες εν αγαπη και εις παν
πλουτος της πληροφοριας της συνεσεως εις επιγνωσιν του μυστηριου του θεου
χριστου
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- Corrupted Manuscripts
- This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts:
- B 03 - Vaticanus - Fourth century
- P 46 - circa 200 AD
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- Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse
- D 06 - Paris: Claromontanus - Sixth century (corrected)
- K 018 - Ninth century
- L 020 - Ninth century
- Byzantine Text (450-1450 A.D.)
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- Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions
- Omit "and of the Father, and of" after "God" and render 'mystery of
God, [even] Christ'.
- Lachmann, Karl - 1842
- Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869
- Tregelles, Samuel - 1857
- Wordsworth, Christopher - 1856 revised in 1870
- Westcott and Hort - 1881
- Nestle - 1927 as revised in seventeenth edition in 1941
- Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition
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- Omit “and of the Father, and of Christ” after “God.”
- Greisbach, Johann - 1805
- Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871
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- Affected Teaching
- Paul desired that the Colossians would have complete confidence in their
understanding of the mystery of Christ dwelling within them. Paul had
desired that they continue to grow in understanding these mysteries. As a
Christian grows in their understanding of the Gospel, they begin to better
understand the mysteries found in the Scriptures and probably there is no
greater mystery than Christ indwelling the Christian. As young Christians,
we know of the relationship which Christ has with His people but as we
mature, we begin to understand the greater intimacies of that relationship.
The mystery of Christ is also deeply entwined with the mystery of the
Father. This relationship is not something we learn outside the Scriptures
and under the illumination of the Holy Spirit. God the Father is so intently
involved in the salvation of the Christian that to leave Him out of this
verse is a travesty. If one goes verse by verse through the Book of John,
they would see that the Father is totally involved in every step of the
ministry of the Lord Jesus and is totally involved with ours too, because He
has a great love for His children. To omit the mystery of the Father is to
omit a vital portion of Scripture relating heavily to the Believer, but then
again why would we expect something different from the modern versions?
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