2:9, 10 A stunning rebuttal of the false teachers who encourage submission to the “elemental spirits” (v. 8) as a means of overcoming fears of not being acceptable before God. As outlined in the following verses, the “fullness” of God that the false teachers pretend to offer resides in Christ and is obtained only through Him (1:19, 20). See “Jesus Christ, God and Man” at John 1:14.