(Col 2:9) St. Paul the Apostle says about the Lord

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III


(Col 2:9)
St. Paul the Apostle says about the Lord Jesus Christ: "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." The phrase "all the fullness of the Godhead' adds to the power of this verse. If all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in the Lord Jesus Christ, then He lacks nothing and He is God, and there is no other God but Him, because there is nothing outside the fullness. The expression 'bodily' signifies that This Godhead took a body or was manifested in the flesh as the previous verse (1 Tim.3:16) explains, and as is explained in the following verse