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Col. 2:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
holding
krateo (Greek #2902)
to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).
Pronounce: krat-eh'-o
Origin: from 2904
the Head
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kephale (Greek #2776)
the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: head.
Pronounce: kef-al-ay'
Origin: from the primary κάπτω (in the sense of seizing)
d, from
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
which
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
the body
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
soma (Greek #4983)
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: bodily, body, slave.
Pronounce: so'-mah
Origin: from 4982
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
joints
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
haphe (Greek #860)
probably a ligament (as fastening)
KJV usage: joint.
Pronounce: haf-ay'
Origin: from 680
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
bands
sundesmos (Greek #4886)
a joint tie, i.e. ligament, (figuratively) uniting principle, control
KJV usage: band, bond.
Pronounce: soon'-des-mos
Origin: from 4862 and 1199
having nourishment ministered
epichoregeo (Greek #2023)
to furnish besides, i.e. fully supply, (figuratively) aid or contribute
KJV usage: add, minister (nourishment, unto).
Pronounce: ep-ee-khor-ayg-eh'-o
Origin: from 1909 and 5524
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
knit together
sumbibazo (Greek #4822)
to drive together, i.e. unite (in association or affection), (mentally) to infer, show, teach
KJV usage: compact, assuredly gather, intrust, knit together, prove.
Pronounce: soom-bib-ad'-zo
Origin: from 4862 and βιβάζω (to force; causative (by reduplication) of the base of 939)
, increaseth with
auzano (Greek #837)
to grow ("wax"), i.e. enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive)
KJV usage: grow (up), (give the) increase.
Pronounce: owx-an'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb
the increase
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
auxesis (Greek #838)
growth
KJV usage: increase.
Pronounce: owx'-ay-sis
Origin: from 837
of God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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Eph. 4:15‑16• 15but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
 16from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to the working in its measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love. (Eph. 4:15‑16)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Col. 2:6‑9• 6As therefore ye have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him,
 7rooted and built up in him, and assured in the faith, even as ye have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
 8See that there be no one who shall lead *you* away as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.
 9For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily; (Col. 2:6‑9)
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Col. 1:18• 18And *he* is the head of the body, the assembly; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that *he* might have the first place in all things: (Col. 1:18)
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Gal. 1:6‑9• 6I wonder that ye thus quickly change, from him that called you in Christ's grace, to a different gospel,
 7which is not another one; but there are some that trouble you, and desire to pervert the glad tidings of the Christ.
 8But if even *we* or an angel out of heaven announce as glad tidings to you anything besides what we have announced as glad tidings to you, let him be accursed.
 9As we have said before, now also again I say, If any one announce to you as glad tidings anything besides what ye have received, let him be accursed. (Gal. 1:6‑9)
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Gal. 5:2‑4• 2Behold, I, Paul, say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
 3And I witness again to every man who is circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
 4Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated from him, as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace. (Gal. 5:2‑4)
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1 Tim. 2:4‑6• 4who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.
 5For God is one, and the mediator of God and men one, the man Christ Jesus,
 6who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony to be rendered in its own times; (1 Tim. 2:4‑6)
all.
Eph. 4:15‑16• 15but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
 16from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to the working in its measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love. (Eph. 4:15‑16)
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Job 19:9‑12• 9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
 10He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.
 11And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
 12His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent. (Job 19:9‑12)
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Psa. 139:15‑16• 15My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
 16Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. (Psa. 139:15‑16)
nourishment.
John 15:4‑6• 4Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither can ye unless ye abide in me.
 5I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, *he* bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.
 6Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:4‑6)
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Rom. 11:17• 17Now if some of the branches have been broken out, and *thou*, being a wild olive tree, hast been grafted in amongst them, and hast become a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree, (Rom. 11:17)
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Eph. 5:29• 29For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly: (Eph. 5:29)
knit.
Col. 2:2• 2to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God; (Col. 2:2)
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John 17:21• 21that they may be all 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. (John 17:21)
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Acts 4:32• 32And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them; (Acts 4:32)
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Rom. 12:4‑5• 4For, as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office;
 5thus we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other. (Rom. 12:4‑5)
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1 Cor. 1:10• 10Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion. (1 Cor. 1:10)
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1 Cor. 10:16‑17• 16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of the Christ?
 17Because we, being many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of that one loaf. (1 Cor. 10:16‑17)
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1 Cor. 12:12‑27• 12For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.
 13For also in the power of one Spirit *we* have all been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or free, and have all been given to drink of one Spirit.
 14For also the body is not one member but many.
 15If the foot say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?
 16And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?
 17If the whole body were an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling?
 18But now God has set the members, each one of them in the body, according as it has pleased him.
 19But if all were one member, where the body?
 20But now the members are many, and the body one.
 21The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.
 22But much rather, the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
 23and those parts of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;
 24but our comely parts have not need. But God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to the part that lacked;
 25that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another.
 26And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with it.
 27Now *ye* are Christ's body, and members in particular. (1 Cor. 12:12‑27)
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Eph. 4:3• 3using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace. (Eph. 4:3)
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Phil. 1:27• 27Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings; (Phil. 1:27)
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Phil. 2:2‑5• 2fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;
 3let nothing be in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
 4regarding not each his own qualities, but each those of others also.
 5For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus; (Phil. 2:2‑5)
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1 Peter 3:8• 8Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded; (1 Peter 3:8)
increaseth.
Col. 1:10• 10so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)
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1 Cor. 3:6• 6*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase. (1 Cor. 3:6)
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Eph. 4:16• 16from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to the working in its measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love. (Eph. 4:16)
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1 Thess. 3:12• 12But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you, (1 Thess. 3:12)
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1 Thess. 4:10• 10For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more, (1 Thess. 4:10)
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2 Thess. 1:3• 3We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds; (2 Thess. 1:3)
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2 Peter 3:18• 18but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)
• One with Him, there could be nothing between Him and them; if there were anything, then they were dead. (“Colossians 2” by J.N. Darby)
• Cease “holding fast the Head.” That is, they cease to look to Christ their Head for direction, guidance, and spiritual nourishment. (“Hindrances to Carrying Out the Truth of the Mystery: Colossians 2:4-19” by B. Anstey)
• All true direction and spiritual sustenance comes from Christ, and we are to look to Him for it, but we receive it through the “joints and bands” of the body, which are the members whom He uses to minister the truth to us (Eph. 4:16). Spiritual food does not come from the members of the body, but from the Lord through the members of the body. (“Hindrances to Carrying Out the Truth of the Mystery: Colossians 2:4-19” by B. Anstey)
• The object of all ministry is that there would be an increase in the saints that is according to God. (“Hindrances to Carrying Out the Truth of the Mystery: Colossians 2:4-19” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

W. Kelly Translation

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and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and knit together by the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.