Colossians 2:9

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

For - `Because' all "philosophy" (Colossians 2:8) not "after Christ" is a delusion; "for in Him (alone) dwelleth" permanently [ katoikei (G2730), not merely paroikei, sojourneth, as in a temple, etc.]

The fullness (Colossians 1:19 ; John 14:10 ) of the Godhead. [ Theoteetos (G2320) means the ESSENCE of the Godhead; not merely the divine perfections, 'theiotes.'] He, as man, was not merely God-like, but GOD. We have but an earnest of God's Spirit.

Bodily - not as before His incarnation, but "bodily" in Him as the incarnate Word (John 1:14; John 1:18), now glorified (Philippians 3:21). The Godhead not confined as in a body, but in bodily fashion. Believers, by union with Him, partake of His fullness of the divine nature (note, Ephesians 3:19; 2 Peter 1:4).