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Fully God in a Real Body
This verse is one of the Bible's clearest statements on Jesus's identity. Commentators stress that 'all the fulness of the Godhead' means the complete essence of God—not just some divine qualities—permanently resides in Christ. The word 'bodily' affirms that this divine fullness dwells in a real, physical, human body, refuting any teaching that diminishes Jesus's full divinity or true humanity.
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Colossians
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Albert Barnes
On Colossians 2:9
18th Century
Theologian
For in him dwelleth. This means that the great and central doctrine to be maintained about Christ was that all the fulness of the Godhead …
AT Robertson
On Colossians 2:9
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily (οτ εν αυτω κατοικε παν το πληρωμα της θεοτητος σωματικως). In this sent…
Charles Ellicott
On Colossians 2:9
19th Century
Bishop
In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.—Here, almost every word is emphatic. First, “All the fulness of th…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Colossians 2:8–10
19th Century
Preacher
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Colossians 2:9
(9a) Nearly every word in this statement is significant. “For,” linking this and the following verses to v.8, shows that the warning in that verse …
John Calvin
On Colossians 2:9
16th Century
Theologian
For in Him dwelleth. Here we have the reason why those elements of the world, which are taught by men, do not accord with Christ …
John Gill
On Colossians 2:9
17th Century
Pastor
For in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
This is to be understood, not of the doctrine, or Gospel …
Matthew Henry
On Colossians 2:8–17
17th Century
Minister
There is a philosophy that rightly exercises our reasonable faculties: a study of the works of God, which leads us to the knowledge of God and conf…