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Colossians 2:9

King James Version (KJV)

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Colossians 2:9

Verse 9 of 23

Scripture focus

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Colossians 2:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Colossians 2:9

Theological / Devotional

In him dwelleth. See on Colossians 1:19. Within Christ dwells the sum total of the nature and attributes of God. All the offices and powers of Deity reside continually in Him. All the fullness of God is revealed in Christ.

Fulness. Gr. plerdma (see on Ephesians 1:23; Colossians 1:19). The encompassing stretch of this term is without limit in time and space and power. Everything that God is, every quality of Deity — dignity, authority, excellency, power in creating and fitting the world, energy in upholding and guiding the universe, love in redeeming mankind, forethought in supplying everything needful for each of His creatures — rests in Christ.

Godhead. Gr. theotes, “Deity,” “the nature of God.” Compare theiotes, “the nature of God” (see on Romans 1:20).

Bodily. Doubtless a reference to the glorified body of Christ (Philippians 3:21), in which He ascended to heaven (cf. DA 832). The fullness of Deity resides in Him corporeally. This affirmation was doubtless to counter the false philosophies gaining acceptance in Colossae (see p. 184).

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