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Col 1:27 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

whom		1Cr 2:12-14; 2Cr 2:14; 2Cr 4:6; Gal 1:15,16
the riches		Col 2:3; Rom 9:23; Rom 11:33; Eph 1:7,17,18; Eph 3:8-10,16; Phl 4:19
Christ		Col 3:11; Luk 17:21; Jhn 6:56; Jhn 14:17,20,23; Jhn 15:2-5; Jhn 17:22,23,26; Rom 8:10; 1Cr 3:16; 2Cr 6:16; Gal 2:20; Gal 4:19; Eph 2:22; Eph 3:17; 1Jo 4:4; Rev 3:20
in you		or, among you
the hope		Col 1:5; Psa 16:9-11; Rom 5:2; Rom 8:18,19; 2Cr 4:17; 1Ti 1:1; 1Pe 1:3,4

Correlating Passages

whom

	1Cr 2:12	Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
	1Cr 2:13	Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
	1Cr 2:14	But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
	2Cr 2:14	Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
	2Cr 4:6	For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
	Gal 1:15	But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,
	Gal 1:16	To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

the riches

	Col 2:3	In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
	Rom 9:23	And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
	Rom 11:33	O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
	Eph 1:7	In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
	Eph 1:17	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:
	Eph 1:18	The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
	Eph 3:8	Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
	Eph 3:9	And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
	Eph 3:10	To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
	Eph 3:16	That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
	Phl 4:19	But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Christ

	Col 3:11	Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.
	Luk 17:21	Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
	Jhn 6:56	He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
	Jhn 14:17	[Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
	Jhn 14:20	At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
	Jhn 14:23	Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
	Jhn 15:2	Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
	Jhn 15:3	Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
	Jhn 15:4	Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
	Jhn 15:5	I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
	Jhn 17:22	And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
	Jhn 17:23	I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
	Jhn 17:26	And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare [it]: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
	Rom 8:10	And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
	1Cr 3:16	Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
	2Cr 6:16	And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
	Gal 2:20	I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
	Gal 4:19	My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
	Eph 2:22	In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
	Eph 3:17	That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
	1Jo 4:4	Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
	Rev 3:20	Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

the hope

	Col 1:5	For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
	Psa 16:9	Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
	Psa 16:10	For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
	Psa 16:11	Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
	Rom 5:2	By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
	Rom 8:18	For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
	Rom 8:19	For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
	2Cr 4:17	For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;
	1Ti 1:1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope;
	1Pe 1:3	Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
	1Pe 1:4	To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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Scott, Thomas. "Colossians 1:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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