2:19 To seek the favor of angelic beings is to fail to honor Christ for what He is as the fullness of deity (v. 9; 1:19); and secondly, not to enjoy the totality of the redemption that has been won in His death and resurrection (vv. 10–15; 1:20–22).

Head . . . body. This language looks back at 1:18, and ahead to the way Paul develops the idea of the Christian life under Christ’s headship in the context of membership in the church in 3:1–4:6.