Colossians 3:16

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ λόγος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐνοικείτω ἐν ὑμῖν πλουσίως ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ· διδάσκοντες καὶ νουθετοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ἐν χάριτι ᾄδοντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ.

Transliteration

The logos of the Christou enoikeitō in you plousiōs in all sophia; didaskontes and nouthetountes heautous with psalmois and hymnois and ōdais pneumatikais, in chariti adontes in the kardia of you to the Kyriō.

Grammar Details

• *logos*: nominative, masculine, singular - word
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ
• *enoikeitō*: present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let dwell/indwell
• *hymin*: dative, 2nd person plural pronoun - in you
• *plousiōs*: adverb - richly/abundantly
• *pasē*: dative, feminine, singular - all/every
• *sophia*: dative, feminine, singular - wisdom
• *didaskontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - teaching
• *nouthetountes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - admonishing
• *heautous*: accusative, masculine, plural, reflexive pronoun - yourselves/one another
• *psalmois*: dative, masculine, plural - psalms
• *hymnois*: dative, masculine, plural - hymns
• *ōdais*: dative, feminine, plural - songs/odes
• *pneumatikais*: dative, feminine, plural - spiritual
• *chariti*: dative, feminine, singular - grace/gratitude
• *adontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - singing
• *kardia*: dative, feminine, singular - heart
• *hymōn*: genitive, 2nd person plural pronoun - of you/your
• *Kyriō*: dative, masculine, singular - to the Lord

Word Meanings

• *logos*: word/message/teaching
• *enoikeitō*: let dwell/inhabit/live in
• *plousiōs*: richly/abundantly/fully
• *sophia*: wisdom/skill/insight
• *didaskontes*: teaching/instructing/educating
• *nouthetountes*: admonishing/warning/instructing
• *psalmois*: psalms/songs from scripture
• *hymnois*: hymns/songs of praise
• *ōdais pneumatikais*: spiritual songs/divinely inspired songs
• *chariti*: grace/gratitude/thankfulness
• *adontes*: singing/chanting/making melody

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
• John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• Eph 5:19 : 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
• Eph 1:17 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• 1 John 2:24 : 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
• 2 John 1:2 : 2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Rom 10:17 : 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
• Job 23:12 : 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
• Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
• Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
• 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• Neh 12:46 : 46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
• Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
• Isa 30:29 : 29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
• 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
• Ps 32:7 : 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
• Ps 119:54 : 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
• Prov 2:6-7 : 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uightly.
• Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the udent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
• Ps 28:7 : 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
• Ps 30:11-12 : 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
• 1 Chr 25:7 : 7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
• Deut 11:18-20 : 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
• 1 Kgs 3:9-9 : 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
• Matt 26:30 : 30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
• Isa 5:1 : 1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• John 5:39-40 : 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
• Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
• Jas 5:13 : 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
• 1 Pet 1:11-12 : 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals theof: for thou wast slain, and hast deemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindd, and tongue, and people, and nation;
• 1 Thess 5:11-12 : 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. 12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
• Titus 3:6 : 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• 2 Thess 3:15 : 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy bthn that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
• Col 1:28 : 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
• Ps 71:23 : 23 My li shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
• Ps 103:1-2 : 1 A alm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
• Ps 138:1 : 1 A alm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
• Prov 18:1 : 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
• Song 1:1 : 1 The of s, which is Solomon's.
• Ps 47:6-7 : 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
• Isa 10:2 : 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
• Isa 26:1 : 1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
• Rom 15:14 : 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
• 1 Cor 14:15 : 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
• 1 Cor 14:26 : 26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
• Heb 12:12-15 : 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
• Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Rev 14:3 : 3 And they sung as it we a new song befo the throne, and befo the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundd and forty and four thousand, which we deemed from the earth.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Gat and marvellous a thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true a thy ways, thou King of saints.
• 1 John 2:14 : 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.