Commentary
Matthew Poole and continuators on Colossians 2:10
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10 And ye are compleat in him , which is the head of all principality, and power .
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Ye Saints and holy brethren, c. 1, 2. who have received Christ, c. 2.6, 7. and so are mystically united to him, in whom dwelleth all fulness (as you have heard) being in him, having one spirit with him as members with the head, Rom. 8.1, 9. Eph. 1.23.
Are impleat or filled and so mediately and causally compleat from the all-fulness that is in your head, yet not immediately and properly compleat with it (as some have been apt to think.)
But in him, ye have that compleatness and perfection which is reckon'd and made over to you and accepted for you to justification, so that of his fulness ye receive and grace for grace, Ioh. 1.16. 1 Cor. 1.30. 2 Cor. 5.21. Eph. 1.6. Phil. 3.9. derive in and from him all spiritual blessings, Eph. 1.3. so that every one hath grace sufficient, 2 Cor. 12.9. to do all things incumbent on him through Christ enstrengthening him, Phil. 4.13. it is true there is here in this state no being compleat or perfect actually, as to glorification, yet vertually and seminally, that may in a sort be said of true believers, not onely in regard of their head but in regard of their certain hope of being saved in Christ, yea and indeed as to the earnest, the seed, and root of it, having already that life which shall never have an end, Ioh. 3.36. & 4.14. Rom. 5.2. Eph. 4.30. 2 Thess. 2.13. Heb. 9.15. & 10.14. 1 Pet. 1.34. 1 Ioh. 5.12.
The Apostle for consolation of the Saints, and in opposition to those who did endeavour a withdrawing from Christ to the worshipping of Angels, v. 18. doth further infer from the personal union, the dignity of the humane nature of Christ, in regard of the good Angels, which are here meant by principality and power by reason of their excellency by nature and grace, and their authority delegated to them by God over other creatures, Mat. 24.36. 2 Cor. 11.14. 1 Tim. 5.21. Christ having the fulness of the God-head dwelling in him bodily is head unto the good Angels in regard of his excellency and eminency above them, who are far below him in perfection, Eph. 1.21. Heb. 1.4. the best of them are ministring spirits and subject to him, and so under his authority and at his command, Mat. 13.41. & 16. 27. & 24.31. Eph. 3.10. Heb. 1.14. 1 Pet. 3.22. Rev. 1.1. & 22.16.
Marginal references: Chap. 1.16.
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