Realizing the depth of this grace, the Baptist exulted and magnified God's fullness that was present in Christ. Paul had confessed, "In him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and you are complete in him." John sums up these truths in his great statement, "From his fullness have we received grace upon grace".
Alipogundua kina cha neema hii, Mbatizaji alimwinua Mungu na kumtukuza kwa ukamilifu aliokuwa akiionna ndani ya Kristo. Paulo baadaye alikiri: „Ndani yake yeye unakaa utimilifu wote wa Mungu kwa jinsi ya kimwili. Na ninyi mmetimilika katika yeye aliye kichwa“ (Wakol. 2:9).