Godhead

[journey42]

Hi Nick

Colossians 2:2   That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Colossians 2:3   In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Colossians 2:4   And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

Colossians 2:6   As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Colossians 2:7   Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:8   Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Colossians 2:9   For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Colossians 2:10   And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

[NickHassan]

Hi J42,
Jesus Christ was a vessel for this GODHEAD as you show.
So what does the word mean to you?

[NickHassan]

Hi j42,
From myself the start of this thread

” Godhead is a uniquely KJV word that seesm to have been adopted by traditional christianity to mean either the trinity or the family of God.

Can we look at the context where it is used in the bible?

Romans 1.19-20 {New KJV}
” because what may be known of God is manifest in them for God has shown it to the, for since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly see, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead so they are without excuse”

Now try to put trinity or family in there .It does not fit because the whole verse is about the Father.

Coll 2.8-9
” Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the traditions of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily”

Now can anyone tell me how the family or trinity, of which Christ is said to be a part, can also be in him? That makes no sense. Again it refers to the Spirit of God, God's nature and power expressed on earth in Christ and now in us.

Now NASB translates the word as “divine nature” in Romans and “deity” in Collosians.”

[NickHassan]

Hi,
The two times the word is found do not match each other in meaning it seems
so they do not witness to each other.

[Wakeup]

You are leading this conversation to the trinity??
wakeup.

[NickHassan]

Hi WU,
No. Seeking clarification only.

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