Romans 11:33-34

11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord,

or who has been his counselor? ¹ 

Psalms 147:5

147:5 Our Lord is great and has awesome power; ² 

there is no limit to his wisdom. ³ 

Ephesians 1:7-8

1:7 In him ⁴  we have redemption through his blood, ⁵  the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace 1:8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

Ephesians 3:10

3:10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that ⁶  through the church the multifaceted wisdom ⁷  of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

Colossians 2:2-3

2:2 My goal is that ⁸  their hearts, having been knit together ⁹  in love, may be encouraged, and that ¹⁰  they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ, ¹¹  2:3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Jude 1:25

1:25 to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

[11:34]  ¹ sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.

[147:5]  ² tn Heb “and great of strength.”

[147:5]  ³ tn Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”

[1:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “in whom” (the relative clause of v. 7 is subordinate to v. 6). The “him” refers to Christ.

[1:7]  ⁵ sn In this context his blood, the blood of Jesus Christ, refers to the price paid for believers’ redemption, which is the sacrificial death of Christ on the cross.

[3:10]  ⁶ tn Grk “that.” Verse 10 is a subordinate clause to the verb “enlighten” in v. 9.

[3:10]  ⁷ tn Or “manifold wisdom,” “wisdom in its rich variety.”

[2:2]  ⁸ tn Verse two begins a subordinate ἵνα (Jina) clause which was divided up into two sentences for the sake of clarity in English. Thus the phrase “My goal is that” is an attempt to reflect in the translation the purpose expressed through the ἵνα clauses.

[2:2]  ⁹ tn BDAG 956 s.v. συμβιβάζω 1.b reads “unite, knit together.” Some commentators take the verb as a reference to instruction, “instructed in love.” See P. T. O’Brien, Colossians, Philemon (WBC), 93.

[2:2]  ¹⁰ tn The phrase “and that” translates the first εἰς (eis) clause of v. 2 and reflects the second goal of Paul’s striving and struggle for the Colossians – the first is “encouragement” and the second is “full assurance.”

[2:2]  ¹¹ tc There are at least a dozen variants here, almost surely generated by the unusual wording τοῦ θεοῦ, Χριστοῦ (tou qeou, Cristou, “of God, Christ”; so Ì⁴⁶ B Hil). Scribes would be prone to conform this to more common Pauline expressions such as “of God, who is in Christ” (33), “of God, the Father of Christ” (א* A C 048^vid 1175 bo), and “of the God and Father of Christ” (א² Ψ 075 0278 365 1505 pc). Even though the external support for the wording τοῦ θεοῦ, Χριστοῦ is hardly overwhelming, it clearly best explains the rise of the other readings and should thus be regarded as authentic.