“fulness” is used by Paul alone, who employs it 12 t, in addition to the frequent use he makes of the vb. “to fill.” Of these 12, no fewer than 6 are in Eph and Col. The references are these: Rom 11:12, “If … their loss [is] the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?” The “fulness” of Israel here refers to their being, as a nation, received by God to a participation in all the benefits of Christ’s salvation. Ver 25, “A hardening … hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles