Colossians 2:9 - for in Him dwelleth ALL OF THE fullness OF THE GODHEAD BODILY.

"For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, Col. 2:9). "Godhead" is translated from the Greek "THEOTES" (from theos) declaring that in the Son there dwells all the fullness of absolute Godhead; they were no mere rays of divine glory which gilded Him, lighting up his person for a season and with a splendor not his own; but he was, and is, absolute and perfect God; and the Apostle uses THEOTES to express this essential and personal Godhead of the Son" (p.8, Trench's synonyms of the N.T.). The phrase "the fullness 9f the Godhead bodily" is translated:

MOFFATT: the entire fullness of deity

WILLIAMS: all the fullness of deity continues to live embodied

RV:dwells the whole fullness of deity bodily living ORACLES: all the fullness of the deity resides NAS. all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form.

Heb. 1:1-3

PERSONFATHERHOLYGLORY

SPIRIT

THE "substantial quality, nature of any person or thing", the real nature of a thing," "the Divine essence of God," "substantial nature, essence, actual being, reality; Thayer, Cremer, Vine, Arndt &Gingrich.

EXPRESS IMAGESONBRIGHTNESS

The exact expression (the image) of any person or thing, marked likeness, precise reproduction in every respect the phrase expresses the fact that the Son is both personally distinct from, and yet literally equal to, Him of whose essence He is the adequate imprint"

(Liddon) THAYER, VINE