Key-word, “In Christ, Complete;” Key-verse, 2:10.-This epistle shows the saints, in Christ Jesus, complete, and their standing and privilege, rights and riches, in him. First the deity of Christ as the image of God is set forth; then his dignity as head of the body, and his identity with the church; then, the consequent dignity of the church, and identity with him and in him with the Father. Pre-eminence is his, the true pleroma, or plenitude of being, and of this pleroma all saints in him partake. [p. 119] HBS 44.2