For in him all the fullness of deity lives ¹  in bodily form,

biblegateway Col 2:9

For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

For in Him the entire fullness of God's nature dwells bodily,

because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,

biblegateway Col 2:9

For in Christ all the fulness of the Deity lives in bodily form,

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

bibleoremus Col 2:9

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

For it is in Christ that the Godhead in all its fullness dwells embodied,

biblegateway Col 2:9

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;

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

biblegateway Col 2:9

For in him all the fullness of deity lives ¹  in bodily form,

¹ sn In him all the fullness of deity lives. The present tense in this verse (“lives”) is significant. Again, as was stated in the note on 1:19, this is not a temporary dwelling, but a permanent one. Paul’s point is polemical against the idea that the fullness of God dwells anywhere else, as the Gnostics believed, except in Christ alone. At the incarnation, the second person of the Trinity assumed humanity, and is forever the God-man.