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Colossians 2:9

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2:9For in him all the fullness of deity lives20 in bodily form,

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Colossians 2:9: For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily …

Footnotes

  1. 20 In him all the fullness of deity lives. The present tense in this verse (“lives”) is significant. Again, as was stated in the note on , this is not a temporary dwelling, but a permanent one. Paul’s point is polemical against the idea that the fullness of God dwells anywhere else, as the Gnostics believed, except in Christ alone. At the incarnation, the second person of the Trinity assumed humanity, and is forever the God-man.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ,

NLTNew Living Translation

For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,

KJV 1900King James Version

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