Colossians 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:9

Because in him dwelleth all the fulness (or, completeness ) of the Godhead bodily ( Colossians 1:19 ; Philippians 2:6-8 ; Romans 1:3 , Romans 1:4 ; Romans 9:5 ; John 1:1 , John 1:14 ). In Colossians 1:18-20 we viewed a series of events; here we have an abiding fact. The whole plenitude of our Lord's Divine-human person and powers, as the complete Christ, was definitively constituted when, in the exercise of his kingly prerogative, "he sat down on the right hand of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:9

The full divinity of Christ. The Gnostic error which St. Paul seems to be opposing was twofold. It denied that all the fulness of the Godhead resided in Christ, teaching that, while the highest effluence of that fulness was in him, other effluences which completed it were distributed through the angels, in descending gradations of being. At the same time, in its abhorrence of matter, it refused to believe that so much divinity as it allowed to Christ could dwell in a human earthly body,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:9-10

Christ the Fulness of the Godhead, and our relationship to him. "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily; and in him ye are made full, who is the Head of all principality and power." The apostle is here condemning one of the false principles that underlay the teaching of the Gnostics—the substitution of angelic mediators for Christ. I. CHRIST 'S TRUE DEITY AND TRUE HUMANITY . 1 . He is no mere emanation from the supreme God, but "all the fulness of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:9

For in him dwelleth - That is, this was the great and central doctrine that was to be maintained about Christ, that all the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in him. Every system which denied this was a denial of the doctrine which they had been taught; and against every thing that would go to undermine this; they were especially to be on their guard. Almost all heresy has been begun by some form of the denial of the great central truth of the incarnation of the Son of God.All the fulness - Notes,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 2:9-10

Colossians 2:9-10. For in him dwelleth Inhabiteth, κατοικει , continually abideth; all the fulness of the Godhead Believers may be filled with all the fulness of God, Ephesians 3:19; but in Christ dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, the most full Godhead, Colossians 1:19; bodily Really, substantially. The very substance of God, if one might so speak, dwells in Christ in the most full sense. “It is plain,” says Dr. Doddridge, “that the Godhead is an anglicism equivalent to ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 2:6-15

2:6-3:4 FALSE VIEWS LEAD TO BONDAGEFreedom through Christ (2:6-15)Again Paul reminds the believers that receiving Christ is only the beginning of the Christian life. There must be continual growth through building the life on him (6-7).The Colossians know that God has freed them from the powers of evil (see 1:13). If, then, they turn and accept a religion powered by the unseen spiritual forces of evil, they are placing themselves in bondage once again (8). Christ needs no angelic powers to help... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 2:9

For = Because. dwelleth , See Colossians 1:19 . fulness . See Colossians 1:19 . Godhead. App-98 . bodily . Greek somatikos. Only here. The adjective in Luke 3:22 . 1 Timothy 4:8 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Colossians 2:9

For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the godhead bodily.This is an unequivocal declaration of the deity of the Son of God, a thesis repeated at least a dozen times in the Greek New Testament, and reinforced by literally hundreds of other intimations and mandatory deductions throughout the entire New Testament. See my Commentary on Hebrews 1:8.Godhead ... Ellis noted that "The Greek word for Godhead or deity is the abstract noun for God and includes not only the divine attributes, but also... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 2:9

Colossians 2:9. For in him dwelleth all the fulness, &c.— For in him all the plenitude of the Godhead substantially resides. These words contain an evident allusion to the Shechinah in which God dwelt; and so ultimately refer to the adorable mystery of the union of the divine and human natures, in the person of the glorious Emmanuel; which makes him such an object of our hope and confidence, as the most exalted creature, with the most glorious endowments, could never be of himself. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:9

9. For—"Because." Their "philosophy" ( :-) is not "after Christ," as all true philosophy is, everything which comes not from, and tends not to, Him, being a delusion; "For in Him (alone) dwelleth" as in a temple, c. the fulness— (Colossians 1:19 John 14:10). of the Godhead—The Greek (theotes) means the ESSENCE and NATURE of the Godhead, not merely the divine perfections and attributes of Divinity (Greek, "theiotes"). He, as man, was not merely God-like, but in the fullest sense, God. bodily—not... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 2:9-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 2:9-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 2:6-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 2:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Colossians 2:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 2:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 2:9

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