Colossians 1:27

WEB

²⁷to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

KJV

²⁷To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

BSB

²⁷To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

FBV

²⁷God wanted to make known to them the glorious wealth of this mystery to the nations:^[+] Christ living in you is the glorious hope!

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Extra References

John 14:20

²⁰In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

Romans 8:10

¹⁰If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

¹⁶that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, ¹⁷that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

1 John 4:4

⁴You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Galatians 2:20

²⁰I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.

1 Corinthians 3:16

¹⁶Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

John 14:17

¹⁷the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive, for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

Revelation 3:20

²⁰Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me.

Ephesians 1:17-18

¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, ¹⁸having the eyes of your hearts^[+] enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Galatians 4:19

¹⁹My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—