Colossians 2:9

For. Because.

dwelleth, See Colossians 1:19.

fulness. See Colossians 1:19.

Godhead. App-98.

bodily. Greek somatikos. Only here. The adjective in Luke 3:22; 1 Timothy 4:8.

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