Colossians 2:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.

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  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
  • Eph 1:8 : 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness: 17 So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
  • Isa 11:2 : 2 And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
  • Matt 10:26 : 26 Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.
  • Job 28:21 : 21 For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.
  • Eph 3:9-9 : 9 And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things; 10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
  • 1 Cor 2:6-8 : 6 But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing: 7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory; 8 Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
  • Col 1:19 : 19 For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.

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  • Col 2:2
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    2So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

  • Col 2:8-10
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    8Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

    9For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form,

    10And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:

  • Eph 1:8-10
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    8Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;

    9Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

    10The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

  • Col 1:26-28
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    26The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

    27To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

    28Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;

  • Eph 3:3-4
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    3How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

    4By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

  • Eph 1:17-18
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    17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

    18And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,

  • 1 Cor 2:6-7
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    6But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

    7But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

  • Eph 3:9-11
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    9And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

    10So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

    11Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

  • Eph 3:16-19
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    16That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;

    17So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

    18May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,

    19And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

  • Col 1:9-10
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    9For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

    10Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • Eph 1:23
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    23Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

  • Col 2:4
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    4I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.

  • Prov 24:4
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    4And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

  • Col 3:3
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    3For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.

  • 2 Pet 1:3
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    3Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

  • Col 1:19
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    19For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

  • 1 Cor 3:19-20
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    19For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

    20And again, The Lord has knowledge of the reasonings of the wise, that they are nothing.

  • Col 3:16
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    16Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

  • Prov 2:5
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    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

  • Phil 1:9
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    9And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

  • Col 3:10
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    10And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;

  • 2 Cor 4:3
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    3But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

  • Eph 2:7
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    7That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:

  • Col 1:17
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    17He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

  • Eph 4:13
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    13Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

  • Phil 1:11
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    11Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Prov 2:10
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    10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

  • Col 1:15
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    15Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.