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NASB | Colossians 2:2 that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:2 [For my hope is] that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in [unselfish] love, so that they may have all the riches that come from the full assurance of understanding [the joy of salvation], resulting in a true [and more intimate] knowledge of the mystery of God, that is, Christ, |
Subject: In what way is Christ God's mystery? |
Bible Note: Hi EdB, Jesus certainly is the fullness of the Godhead bodily, but doesn't Col 2:2 refer to more? Because is he not only God, but also Christ the Messiah and Savior, the one to whom all authority has been given? As it says in Col 1:26 "the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints". A mystery here, seems to be something that was hidden but now has been revealed. And what is that mystery? Is it not revealed in 1:27, "which is Christ in you the hope of glory". Doesn't this favor the The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia that you quote and suggests that MacArthur actually misses the point here? tortoise |