“Fulness” in Eph and Col is used to present some of the most prominent thoughts in these epistles, sometimes referring to Christ, sometimes to the church and the individual Christian. Christ is Himself to “fulfil” all things in heaven and on earth (Eph 4:10 AVm). We cannot separate “the fulness of Christ” in this passage (ver 13) from the statement in 1:23, that the Christ is being fulfilled, and finds His fulness in the church. When all the saints have come to the unity which