[This answer is excepted from a previous post on ‘deity’ where this content was difficult to find in the search results]
2. Of the fullness of deity dwelling in Christ.
9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. (Col. 2:9-10 NRSV)
Colossians 2:9 is the nearest that the Bible comes to equating Christ with deity. Except that it does not say Christ “is” deity or “has” deity, Paul only says that the fullness of [God’s] deity dwells in Christ, and then in Col.2:10, Paul continues to say “and you are full in him [Christ].” So the “fullness” is God in Christ, just as the “Spirit of God” dwells in believers in Christ (Rom.8:9).
It is also worth noting that the idea of “dwell in” in Bible language is less concrete than the expression sounds in English:
2 Co.6:16 “I will dwell among [Greek “in”] them, and walk among [Greek “in”] them”
Evidently “the fullness of the deity dwells in Christ, and you are full in him” indicates a fuller in-dwelling of God’s nature in Christ than believers, without question. But this does not make Christ into God, any more than 2 Peter 1:4 makes believers into God. Again this is not too surprising since there are many verses which speak about God dwelling in Christ, and God dwelling in believers. This is not the same thing as saying “Christ is God”. If the Bible writers wished to say that, they could and would have done so. Why? As explained by 1Tim.2:6, John 8:40, Acts 2:22, 17:41, 1Co.15:21 and other verses where Christ is called “man”, and where God is called “his God”, “my God” etc. Ro.15:6, 2Co.1:3, 2Co11:31, Eph.1:3, Rev.1:6, Matt.27:46, John 20:17, Rev.3:12 (4x).
Conclusion : Jesus is not God, but represents his God and our God. His Father and our Father.
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What are the meanings of the words “divine” and “divinity”?
https://bibleq.net/answer/1841/
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