Colossians 2:3
in Colossians 2in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
KJV
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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This verse in Colossians 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In 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 knowledge needful for people.
This site's exposition
hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
The verse answers the error at its own boast: it sold access to hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge through graded ranks and special teachers, and Paul locates the whole treasury in whom, in Christ alone, with no further door to pass through. Hid does not mean withheld from the church but stored where every believer already stands, in him. The false teachers had a shop; the gospel has a person who already contains the entire inventory.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Observe, The treasures of wisdom are hidden not from us, but for us, in Christ. Those who would be wise and knowing must make application to Christ. We must spend upon the stock which is laid up for us in him, and draw from the treasures which are hidden in him.
The words behind it
11 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| ᾧ | ho | whom | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| εἰσιν | eisin | are | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θησαυροὶ | thesauroi | treasures | G2344 → | |
| τῆς | tes | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| σοφίας | sophias | of wisdom | G4678 → | 51 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| γνώσεως | gnoseos | of knowledge | G1108 → | |
| ἀπόκρυφοι· | apokruphoi | hidden; | G614 → |
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
ᾧwhom
hoG3739 →1405 times
εἰσινare
eisinG1510 →2333 times
πάντεςall
pantesG3956 →1235 times
οἱthe
hoiG3588 →19766 times
θησαυροὶtreasures
thesauroiG2344 →
τῆς<the>
tesG3588 →19766 times
σοφίαςof wisdom
sophiasG4678 →51 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
γνώσεωςof knowledge
gnoseosG1108 →
ἀπόκρυφοι·hidden;
apokruphoiG614 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
it leads to
- Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their…
- Colossians 1:14
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
- Ephesians 1:7
Through
Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
it leads to
- Job 11:7–9
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 5:9
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- Psalms 92:5
How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
- Job 11:7–9
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About Colossians
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.