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For it was the good pleasure of the Father (hoti eudokēsen). No word in the Greek for “the Father,” though the verb calls for either ho theos or ho patēr as the subject. This verb eudokeō is common in the N.T. for God’s will and pleasure (Mat 3:17; 1Co 10:5).
All the fulness (pān to plērōma). The same idea as in Col 2:9 pān to plērōma tēs theotētos (all the fulness of the Godhead). “A recognized technical term in theology, denoting the totality of the Divine powers and attributes” (Lightfoot). It is an old word from plēroō, to fill full, used in various senses as in Mar 8:20 of the baskets, Gal 4:10 of time, etc. The Gnostics distributed the divine powers among various aeons. Paul gathers them all up in Christ, a full and flat statement of the deity of Christ.
Should dwell (katoikēsai). First aorist active infinitive of katoikeō, to make abode or home. All the divine attributes are at home in Christ (en autōi).