Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
And ye are complete in him - ͅ · And, ye are filled with him. Our word complete quite destroys the connection subsisting in the apostle' s ideas. The philosophy of the world was empty, , but there was a , or fullness, in Christ; the Colossians were empty - spoiled and deprived of every good, while following the empty philosophy and groundless traditions of Jewish and Gentile teachers; but since they had received Christ Jesus they were , filled with him. This is the true meaning of the word, and by this the connection and assemblage of ideas in the apostle' s mind are preserved. No fanciful completeness in Christ, of a believer, while incomplete in himself, is either expressed or intended by St. Paul. It is too bad a doctrine to exist in the oracles of God.
The head of all principality - See the notes on Colossians 1:16-17 (note).
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Colossians 2:10:
Ephesians 1:22
Ephesians 1:23
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