Colossians 2:3 (WEB)
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
Fathers and councils · 25
John Damascene
“For in Him are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, the hidden treasures.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.16Conference XIV
“For as it is said that in Christ “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hid,” how can we hold that he who has scorned to find Christ, or, when He is found blasphemes Him with impious lips, or at least defiles the Catholic faith by his impure deeds, has acquired spiritual knowledge?” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Thine only Son—He “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge”—hath redeemed me with His blood.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3. Compare Dean Mansel, Bampton Lectures, lect. v. and note 22.
Read the whole comment“I beseech Thee through Him, who sitteth at Thy right hand, and “maketh intercession for us,” “in whom are hid all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment““In Him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“For He lost not His riches by taking to Him our poverty, for, “In him are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“One Word hath He, “in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“We understand that there is no more speedy, no more sure, no shorter, no higher way of the testimonies of God than Christ, “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“Further, since it is written of our Lord Jesus Christ, that “in Him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,” and that these two, wisdom and knowledge, differ somewhat from one another is testified by other utterances of Scripture, especially in the words of holy Job,…” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“Is it to this that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden in Thee are brought, that we learn this of Thee as a great thing, that Thou art “meek and lowly of heart?”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3
Read the whole comment“And hence the Apostle says, that “in Christ indeed are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge;” and yet has commended Him to us, as to babes in Christ, who, although already born again by His grace, yet are still carnal and psychical, not by that divine…” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3
Read the whole comment“…full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God which is Christ Jesus: in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 1–3
Read the whole comment“…must we be on our guard, lest, when striving after wisdom, which can be found in Christ alone, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge;—we must be on our guard, I say, lest, under the very name of Christ, we be deceived by heretics, or by any parties whatever defective in intelligence, and…” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“…that He may Himself open to the faithful what is hidden in Him; for as the same Apostle saith, “In Him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge;” and He does not hide them to refuse them, but to stir up desire for those hidden things.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“But if we have reached the pathway of faith, let us keep to it with all constancy: let it be our guide to the chamber of the King, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
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Ambrose of Milan
“He is called the Word, the Son, the Power of God, the Wisdom of God.” — editor's note: S. John i. 1, 14; xx. 31; Rom. i. 4; S. Matt. xxviii. 18; 1 Cor. i. 24; Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“What reason, indeed, is there to wonder, if by their worldly wisdom men failed to comprehend the mystery of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden, that mystery of which not even angels have been able to take knowledge, save by revelation?” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“For how could the Son of God be ignorant of the day, seeing that the treasures of the wisdom and knowledge of God are hidden in Him?” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Matthew
“He it is that selleth all he hath and buyeth the field, who, renouncing fleshly delights, tramples upon all his worldly desires in his anxiety for the heavenly discipline. [margin note: Col 2:3]” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“How then, while assigning to yourselves the greater things, do you not allow even the less to the Son, “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
“…doctrine, he spoke of the earth: as if he said, My doctrine is mean and humble, compared with Christ’s; as becometh an earthly teacher, compared with Him, (Col. 2:3) in Whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“And are we to suppose that the wisdom of God, the Maker of all creation, He who is eternally perfect, who is wise, without a teacher, the Power of God, “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,” needs piecemeal instruction to mark out the manner and measure of His operations?” — editor's note: Col. ii. 3, A.V. cf. the amendment of R.V., “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden,” and Bp. Lightfoot on St. Paul’s use of the gnostic term…
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Listen to his words, Being instructed in love, unto all riches of the fulness of understanding, unto knowledge of the mystery of God, even Christ, in Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 2, 3.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For that the knowledge does not appertain to all, he expressly adds: “Being knit together in love, and unto all the riches of the full assurance of knowledge, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God in Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 2, 3.
Read the whole comment“And again in another place he says: “To the acknowledgment of the mystery of God in Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 2, 3.
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Cross-references · 26
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity I.1.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.12.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity I.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.12.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.12.
Cited together in Gregory the Great on Matthew 13:44 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.12.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.1.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 3:31–32 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.12.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.12.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.19.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity I.1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.21.