“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;”
And he is the head of the body, the church — he (autos) is emphatic: Christ alone is head (kephalē) of the body (sōma). The church is Christ's body: organic, not organizational. This is Paul's most developed ecclesiology: the church is Christ's embodied presence. The transition from cosmic lordship to ecclesial headship is essential: the same Christ who holds creation together animates the church.
Church Fathers on Colossians 1:19
“For it was the good pleasure of the Father, that in Him should all the fullness dwell. And having made peace through the Blood of His Cross, through Him to reconcile all things unto Himself, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.” Whatsoever things are of the Father, these he says are of the Son also, and that with more of intensity, because that He both became “dead” for, and united Himself to us. He said, “Firstfruits,” as of fruits. He said not…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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