Colossians 1:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Whom

Christ

General references

Matthew 12:21

Mark 12:11

Bible References

Whom

And as for us, it is not the Spirit of the World that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.

All thanks to God, who, through our union with the Christ, leads us in one continual triumph, and uses us to spread the sweet odor of the knowledge of him in every place.

Indeed, the same God who said 'Out of darkness light shall shine,' has shone in upon our hearts, so that we should bring out into the light the knowledge of the glory of God, seen in the face of Christ.

But when God, who had set me apart even before my birth, and who called me by his love,

Christ

In that new life there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman; but Christ is all!--and in all!

Nor will people say 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!'; for the Kingdom of God is within you!

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to him.

The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.

Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.

I have given them the honor which thou has given me, that they may be one as we are one--

But, if Christ is within you, then, though the body is dead as a consequence of sin, the spirit is Life as a consequence of righteousness.

Do not you know that you are God's Temple, and that God's Spirit has his home in you?

What agreement can thee be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the Living God. That is what God meant when he said--'I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

You for whom I am again enduring a mother's pains, till a likeness to Christ shall have been formed in you.

And, through union in him, you also are being built up together, to be a dwelling-place for God through the Spirit.

So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,

You, my Children, come from God, and you have successfully resisted such men as these, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will go in, and will feast with him, and he shall feast with me.

General references

And on his name shall the Gentiles rest their hopes."

This corner-stone has come from the Lord, and is marvelous in our eyes.'"