Colossians 2:9

For it is in Christ that the fulness of God's nature dwells embodied, and in Him you are made complete,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Take care lest there be some one who leads you away as prisoners by means of his philosophy and idle fancies, following human traditions and the world's crude notions instead of following Christ.

10and He is the Lord of all princes and rulers.

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Cross References

Matthew 1:23"Mark! The maiden will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call His name Immanuel" --a word which signifies `God with us'.

Luke 14:22"Soon the servant reported the result, saying, "`Sir, what you ordered is done, and there is room still.'

John 2:21But He was speaking of the Sanctuary of His body.

John 10:38But if they are, then even if you do not believe me, at least believe the deeds, that you may know and see clearly that the Father is in me, and that I am in the Father."

John 14:20At that time you will know that I am in my Father, and that you are in me, and that I am in you.

2 Corinthians 5:19We are to tell how God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not charging men's transgressions to their account, and that He has entrusted to us the Message of this reconciliation.

Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:5-13

The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and… Read the whole commentary →

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