Colossians 2:3

Colossians 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• New International Version (NIV)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• English Standard Version (ESV)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• New King James Version (NKJV)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Context of Colossians 2:3

1I want you to know that I am doing a difficult work on your behalf. I am also working to help the people at Laodicea and other people who have never met me. 2I want all the believers to become strong in their spirits. I want them to help each other because they love one another. Then God will bless them very much, because they understand God's secret message very well. They will be completely sure of it. And they will know Christ himself, who is God's secret. Christ is the one who holds everything that makes people wise. He helps people to know the true message that God had hidden. 4I am telling you these things so that false teachers will not deceive you. They may teach ideas that seem good, but do not listen to them. 5My body is not there with you, but I think about you a lot. I hear that you are living and working well together. I also hear that you continue to trust Christ strongly. That makes me very happy.

Colossians 2:3 word by word

ἐν ᾧ εἰσιν πάντες οἱ θησαυροὶ τῆς σοφίας καὶ γνώσεως ἀπόκρυφοι·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• hidἀπόκρυφοςapokruphos · concealedG614
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the treasuresὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the treasuresθησαυρόςthēsauros · treasureG2344
• of wisdomσοφίαsophia · wisdomG4678
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• knowledgeγνῶσιςgnōsis · knowledgeG1108

Cross-references for Colossians 2:3

• Colossians 1:9Because of all that, we have not stopped praying for you, ever since the day that we heard about you. We ask God that his Spirit will make you truly wise. He will help you to know clearly what he wants you to do. You will understand his true message.
• Colossians 3:16Let Christ's message always be in your thoughts, with all the good things that it brings. Use that message to teach and to warn each other. Be very wise as you do that. And also sing all kinds of spiritual songs to praise God. Sing psalms and Christian songs. As you sing, thank God from inside yourselves.
• Romans 11:33Yes! God is very great! He has everything! He knows and he understands all things! Nobody can completely understand the things that he decides. Nobody can explain the ways in which he works.
• 1 Corinthians 1:24But it is different for us whom God has called to come to him. Some of us are Jews, and some of us are Gentiles. For us, Christ shows God's great power. He shows how wise God is.
• 1 Corinthians 2:6But we do speak about wise thoughts to those of you who know Christ very well. But those wise thoughts do not belong to this world. They are not the ideas that the rulers of this world think are important. Those rulers will not be powerful for long.
• Ephesians 1:8Even more than that, God has shown how wise he is. He understands what we need.
• Ephesians 3:10But now God wants the people of his church to show everyone how wise he is in every way. He wants the spiritual rulers and everything that has authority in the heavens to know this.
• 2 Timothy 3:15Even when you were a child, you already knew the message of the Bible. The Bible has taught you how you can be truly wise. You understand that God saves you because you believe in Christ Jesus.
• Colossians 3:3Remember that your old nature has died. God is keeping your new life safe with Christ.
• Job 28:21We cannot see where it is. No person or animal can see it. No bird that flies in the sky can see it.
• Proverbs 2:4Look for wisdom as carefully as you would look for silver, or valuable jewels.
• Matthew 10:26So do not be afraid of these people. They hide the things that they do. But there will be a time when other people will see those things. Everyone will know all their secrets.
• Ephesians 3:9I help everyone to know how God makes his purpose happen. God himself created all things, and he has hidden this secret during past times.
• Revelation 2:17God's Spirit is speaking to you in the churches. You should understand what the Spirit is saying to you. You have ears, so listen carefully! To everyone who wins against Satan I will give some of my special food called manna. I will also give each of them a white stone. I will write a new name on that stone. Nobody will know that name except the person who receives it.” ’

Commentaries on Colossians 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3In whom are hid - Or rather in which; referring to the mystery mentioned above. In this glorious scheme of Christianity all the treasures - the abundance and excellency, of wisdom and knowledge are contained. No scheme of salvation, or Divine knowledge, ever equalled in its depth and excellency the Gospel plan. A scheme which the wisdom of God alone could devise, and which his power and infinite mercy alone could accomplish.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3In whom - Margin, “wherein.” The more correct translation is “in whom.” The reference is doubtless to Christ, as his name is the immediate antecedent, and as what is affirmed here properly appertains to him. Are hid - Like treasures that are concealed or garnered up. It does not mean that none of those “treasures” had been developed; but that, so to speak, Christ, as Mediator, was the great treasure-house where were to be found all the wisdom and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Paul expands on 1:15–20: Christ is all we need for spiritual understanding.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Translate in the Greek order, "In whom (not as Alford, 'in which') mystery; Christ is Himself the 'mystery' (Col 2:2; 1Ti 3:16), and to Christ the relative refers) are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden." The "all" here, answers to "all" in Col 2:2; as "treasures" answer to the "riches"; it is from the treasures that the riches (Col 2:2) are derived. "Are" is the predicate of the sentence; all the treasures ARE in Him; hidden is…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Colossians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings