Colossians 2:9 KJV — MannaFest

Colossians 2:9

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

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ASV

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

YLT

because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

DBT

For in him dwells all the fulness of theGodhead bodily;

WEB

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

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Colossians — Christ is preeminent — creator and sustainer, the head of the body, the reconciler of all things. Against every philosophy and empty deceit, the full sufficiency of Christ.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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Colossians 1:19
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
John 10:30
I and my Father are one.
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

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The fulness of the Godhead dwells in the Christ really, and not figuratively; for he is both God and man. (2.) Had they circumcision, which was the seal of the covenant? In Christ we are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Joh 14:10). of the Godhead--The Greek (theotes) means the ESSENCE and NATURE of the Godhead, not merely the divine perfections and attributes of Divinity (Greek, "theiotes"). He, as man, was not merely God-like, but in the fullest sense, God. bodily--not merely as before His incarnation, but now "bodily in Him" as the incarnate word (Joh 1:14, 18).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Typology Figural Exodus 3:2
Fire indwelling the unconsumed bush read of the incarnation (Godhead dwelling bodily). CONTESTED: extended/figural, not NT-warranted; traditional (Edwards).
Exod 3:2; Col 2:9; Jonathan Edwards, Images of Divine Things (PD)

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