# “The whole God is found in Him” by John Calvin

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- Published: 2016-04-26T14:00:31-05:00
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“When Paul says that _the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Christ_, he means simply
that the whole God is found in Him, so that he who is not satisfied with Christ 
alone, desires something better and more excellent than God. The sum is that God
has manifested Himself to us fully and perfectly in Christ.”

–John Calvin, _[Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802808115?tag=toletaupanre-20),_
trans. T.H.L. Parker (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965), 330. Calvin is commenting on
[Colossians 2:9.](http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Colossians+2%3A13-15)

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