⁹ For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.^[a]

¹⁶ From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.^[a]

³ In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

²³ And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.

¹¹ In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile,^[a] circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized,^[b] slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

Spiritual Blessings

³ All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

¹⁰ And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself.

⁵ God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

³⁴ For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.