Colossians 3:16

3:16 Let the word of Christ ¹  dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace ²  in your hearts to God.

Colossians 4:5

4:5 Conduct yourselves ³  with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.

Psalms 119:99

119:99 I have more insight than all my teachers,

for I meditate on your rules.

Ephesians 1:8

1:8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

James 1:5

1:5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

James 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ⁴  full of mercy and good fruit, ⁵  impartial, and not hypocritical. ⁶ 

¹ tc Since “the word of Christ” occurs nowhere else in the NT, two predictable variants arose: “word of God” and “word of the Lord.” Even though some of the witnesses for these variants are impressive (κυρίου [kuriou, “of the Lord”] in א* I 1175 pc bo; θεοῦ [qeou, “of God”] in A C* 33 104 323 945 al), the reading Χριστοῦ (Cristou, “of Christ”) is read by an excellent cross-section of witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א² B C² D F G Ψ 075 1739 1881 Ï lat sa). On both internal and external grounds, Χριστοῦ is strongly preferred.

² tn Grk “with grace”; “all” is supplied as it is implicitly related to all the previous instructions in the verse.

³ tn Grk “walk.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is a common NT idiom for one’s lifestyle, behavior, or manner of conduct (L&N 41.11).

⁴ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

⁵ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

⁶ tn Or “sincere.”