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Fulness. See on ch. 1:19. Godhead (θεότητος). Only here in the New Testament. See on Rom. 1:20, where θειότης divinity or godhood is used. Appropriate there, because God personally would not be known from His revelation in nature, but only His attributes—His majesty and glory. Here Paul is speaking of the essential and personal deity as belonging to Christ. So Bengel: “Not the divine attributes, but the divine nature.” Bodily (σωματικῶς). In bodily fashion or bodily-wise. The verse contains two