What Does Colossians 2:10 Mean in the King James?
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
You are already filled in the one who stands over every power.
THE MEANING
You are filled in him, and that fullness is your present standing. The one who holds all rule and authority is the one in whom you are filled. Your completeness rests in him now.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie is that you must accumulate enough to become complete. This verse locates your fullness in him already.
THE ROOT
πεπληρωμένοι
peplērōmenoi
GROWS FROM
πληρόω
Fill, make full, bring to fullness.
The Greek form is a perfect passive: you have been filled, and that fullness stands as your present condition. The next verse says all fullness dwells in him, so “complete” carries the sense of being filled from the fullness that is already in him.
ALSO GROWS
plērōma: Fullness; that which fills or is full.
πλήρωμα
The same word family appears in the preceding verse, where all fullness dwells in him.
anaplēroō: Fill up; supply what is lacking.
ἀναπληρόω
This related verb makes the root’s movement vivid: fullness is what fills the measure.
THE PATTERN
Fullness is found in God’s presence and received through the one in whom it dwells.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.THE THREAD
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.The same Greek word family links “fulness” here with “complete” in the next verse. All fullness dwells in him; you are filled in him.
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