Colossians 2:10

Colossians 2:10

8 Beware lest anyone¹ cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to ^athe tradition of men, according to the ^bbasic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

9 For ^ain Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead¹ bodily;

10 and you are complete in Him, who is the ^ahead of all principality and power.

Not Legalism but Christ

11 In Him you were also ^acircumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by ^bputting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

12 ^aburied with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through ^bfaith in the working of God, ^cwho raised Him from the dead.

13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Ye are made full (este peplhrwmenoi). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of plhrow, but only one predicate, not two. Christ is our fulness of which we all partake (John 1:16; Ephesians 1:23) and our goal is to be made full of God in Christ (Ephesians 3:19). "In Christ they find the satisfaction of every spiritual want" (Peake).

The head (h kafalh). There is no other place for Christ. He is first (Colossians 1:18) in time and in rank. All rule and authority comes after Christ whether angels, aeons, kings, what not.

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