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   How to explain this, referring to Christ as "Him":   
      
   Colossians 2:9   
        because it is in him that all the fullness of the divine quality dwells   
   bodily   
      
   Compare:   
      
   A related common expression of Father as to Son - "of one essence with "   
   the Father".   
      
   So, what meaning both "nature and essence" tells us as to Christ and the   
   father?   
      
   The greek in question:   
      
   Strong's Greek: 2305. theio'ty*s (theiot ) -- divinity, divine nature   
      
   So "devine nature/essence" jointly points to "divenity bodily; Father as to   
   Son", no?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)