Maybe this will be helpfull on the verse Col 2:9
HOW COULD THE "FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD" DWELL IN CHRIST BODILY? (COL. 2:9)
The Passage:
"For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Col. 2:9).
Some Background Material:
In order to understand and appreciate Paul's statement in Col. 2:9 we need to look briefly at some background material. Paul had received a report from Epaphras regarding the condition of the church in Colossae (Col. 1:7-8; 4:12-13). It was both favorable and unfavorable. The unfavorable part had to do with the false teaching which was being done there, and which was greatly hindering the progress of the church. We have no direct knowledge of the false teaching being done at Colossae, but we can only infer its nature from what Paul said to them in this letter. These false teachers seem to have accepted Christianity, but tried to add to it some deeper knowledge to which they claimed to have access. According to them, one apparently needed more than what was found in Christ. Their theory is now known as The Colossian Heresy.
The "Colossian Heresy" was the initial phase of that subtle philosophy which in later years became known as "Gnosticism." Although Gnosticism was not fully developed at this time, a knowledge of its principal features is necessary to an intelligent reading of this epistle.
The Gnostics denied the direct creation of the world by God Himself, because, in their estimation, that would require God be the creator of evil.
The Teacher's Annual Commentary explains the Gnostic theory on "creation" as follows:
"Creation, according to their theory, was made possible through a series of emanations from God, each successive emanation being less divine, until the point was reached where contact with matter, which they regarded as essentially evil, became impossible."<28>
Since the bodies of men are evil matter, they could not have been created by God. Since matter was essentially evil, there could not have been any true incarnation. "Christ, therefore, as they viewed the matter, was not God manifested in the flesh (Col. 1:19-22).... Instead of the incarnation -- God manifested in the flesh -- there was merely an aeon or angelic intermediary."<29>
An Explanation:
Paul told the Colossian brethren that in Christ "dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily" (Col. 2:9). This is one of the strongest statements in the entire Bible emphasizing the Deity of Christ. It is not said that a part of the attributes of God dwells in Christ, but all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in him.
On this point, Albert Barnes wrote:
"The meaning is that it was not any one attribute of the Deity that became incarnate in the Saviour; that he was not merely endowed with the knowledge, or the power, or the wisdom of God, but that the whole Deity thus became incarnate, and appeared in human form."<30>
In a tract on the Godhead, James M. Tolle stated:
"The Greek [@theotes] (Godhead) means "deity, i.e., the state of being God, Godhead; Col. 2:9," not merely the attributes or quality of divinity (Greek [@theiotes]). According to the very words of the text, then, Jesus Christ is the same essence and substance as Deity, thus He is God, the fullness of Jehovah in the flesh."<31>
The word used here for "bodily" is found nowhere else in the New Testament (although the adjective "bodily" is found in Luke 3:22 and 1 Tim. 4:8) and means "having a bodily appearance ... and the fair sense of the phrase is that the fullness of the divine nature became incarnate and was indwelling in the body of the Redeemer."<32> The word bodily, that is, bodily-wise, is carefully chosen. Lightfoot speaks to the point: "It is not `in a body' for Deity cannot be so confined. It is not `in the form of a body' for this might suggest the unreality of Christ's human body, but `bodily,' i.e., bodily-wise, or with a bodily manifestation."<33>
The following translations emphasize this truth:
1. "For it is in him that all the fullness of God's nature lives embodied" (American Translation)
2. "Yet it is in him that God gives a full and complete expression of himself" (Phillips)
3. "For it is in Christ that all the fullness of God's nature dwells embodied" (Weymouth)
4. "Because in him dwells all the fullness of the Deity bodily" (Emphatic Diaglott)
5. "For it is in him that all the fullness of Deity dwells bodily" (Moffatt, 1901)
6. "It is in Christ that the entire fullness of deity has settled bodily" (Moffatt, 1935)
7. "For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form -- giving complete expression to the divine nature" (Amplified New Testament)
Oosterzee commented on Col. 2:9 as follows:
"And with reason, since the fullness of the Godhead dwells in him bodily, i.e., essentially, and the name of the Lord ... under the Old Covenant given to Jahveh, is ascribed to Him without any limitation. If the word of Scripture is here to decide, such facts fully entitle us to speak not only of the Godhead of the Son ... "the most full Godhead; not simply Divine properties (virtues), but the Divine nature itself" (Bengel)."<34>
Col. 2:9 is simply another statement affirming that the Divine nature assumed bodily form, which is in exact agreement with John 1:1-3,14,18, and Phil. 2:5-7. It is one of the simplest and yet one of the strongest statements in the Bible of the Deity of Christ. One is complete in Christ (Col. 2:10) and must not allow anyone or anything to come between him and Christ. Why accept a substitute?
CONCLUSION
Paul clearly sets forth that the good news about Christ has been preached in the entire world. Christ is presented as the supreme Savior because of His Deity (Col. 1:15,17). Christ is the supreme Savior because of His awesome power (Col. 1:15b,16a,17-18b). Christ is the supreme Savior because of His positions. He is the sovereign rule of the universe. Everything in the material universe and spiritual realm are subject to Him because He created them (Col. 1:16b; Cf. 2 Cor. 5:17). Why follow the stars when you can follow the One Who created them? Why worship angels when you can worship the One Who created angels? Why follow anyone else?