Colossians1:19

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Translation

For He (God) approved

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of having all fullness

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dwell in Him (Jesus)

Paraphrase

God thought it was good for all the qualities of God in their fullest extent to be present in Jesus

Footnotes

1

The word I have rendered as “approved” is a combination of the words “good” and “to think,”  i.e. “to think well of, to approve, to like, to be pleased with.”

2

The text only says “all fullness” but it can rightly be assumed that it is referring to all the fullness of God.