Daily Bible Nugget #286, Colossians 3:16

The Nugget:

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

My Comment:

Let the Scriptures dwell richly in you (The New Topical Textbook, subheading under main heading “The Scriptures,” page 240).

If you let the word of Christ, which is only found in the Scriptures, dwell in you richly, your life experience, and spiritual life, will be the richer for it. Some people struggle with discouragement and depression. Filling your mind with Scripture, and occupying your mind with Scripture will go along way towards improving the health of your thought life. How can you let the word of Christ dwell in you? If you read it regularly and study it, that will help. You might find it helpful and encouraging to memorize some of your favorite passages in the Bible. If you teach to others what you have learned from Scripture, that too will plant God’s Word in your own heart as well as in those you teach.

For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:

(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1385 for Colossians 3:16.

(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on pages 1404-1405 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Colossians 3:16.

(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:

Colossians 3:16. the word. Gr. logos, Mk 9:32n. Col 1:5. =2 Ch 17:9. +**Jn 5:39, 40. +*Jn 8:31, 37. *Jn 15:3, 7. +*Jn 17:6. Ac 8:25, 28. 18:24. Phil 2:5. +**2 Tim 3:15, 16. **He 4:12, 13. +**1 P 1:11, 12. +*1 J 1:10. 2 J 1:9. Re 19:10. of Christ. Ps 45:3-5. 110:2, 3. +*Lk 24:44. +*Jn 5:39. Ac 10:43. 1 Cor 14:37. 1 P 1:10, 11. Re 19:10. dwell. Gr. enoikeō (S#1774g, Ro 8:11). T#1101. *Dt 6:6-9. *Dt 11:18-20. +*Jsh 1:8. Jb 22:22. +*Jb 23:12. +*Ps 1:2. **+Ps 119:11, 97. Pr 4:6-8, 13, 21. 16:23. 22:18. +*Je 15:16. Ezk 3:3. Mt 13:20. Lk 2:51. 6:45. 8:15. 11:36. %Jn 5:38. *Jn 15:7. He 10:15, 16. James 1:22-24. %1 J 1:10. *1 J 2:14, 24, 27. 2 J 1:2. Re 10:9. richly. Gr. plousiōs (S#4146g). Dt 17:18-20. 2 K 22:11-13. +*Ps 19:7, 8, 11. +*Ps 119:9, 50, 92, 98-100, 104, 130. Pr 2:4, 5. 6:23. Mt 12:34, 35. 13:44, 52. %+*Mt 22:29. +*Ro 15:4. 2 Cor 6:10. 7:1. Phil 4:19. *1 Tim 6:17g. +**2 Tim 3:15-17. Titus 3:6g,mg. 2 P 1:4, 11g. 1 J 3:2, 3. all wisdom. *+Col 1:9, 28. 2:3, 8. 4:5. +*Jsh 1:8. *1 K 3:9-12, 28. +*Ps 19:7. +*Ps 119:24, 98, 105. *Pr 2:6, 7, 10. **Pr 4:7. 6:22. 7:1-4. 14:8. +*Pr 18:1n. Ec 2:26. Song 5:9-16. +*Is 8:19, 20. *Is 11:2. Mt 13:52. Jn 2:17, 22. Ac 6:9, 10. Ro 16:19. 1 Cor 1:5, 6, 30. *Ep 1:17. *Ep 5:17. 6:17. +*1 Th 5:21. +*James 1:5. *James 3:17. 1 P 3:15. 1 J 2:14. 4:1. teaching. *+Col 1:28. *Ro 15:14. 1 Th 4:18. *1 Th 5:11, 12. *2 Th 3:15. 1 Tim 4:6. He 5:12. *He 12:12-15. admonishing. Gr. noutheteō (S#3560g, Ac 20:31). +*Col 1:28. one another. He 10:24. in psalms. FS173, +Ge 27:44. 2 S 23:1. 1 Ch 16:9. Ps 81:2. *Mt 26:30. *1 Cor 14:26. *+Ep 5:19n. *James 5:13. and hymns. Gr. humnos (S#5215g). Mt 26:30. Mk 14:26. Ro 13:11, 12. Ep 5:14, 19g. 1 T 3:16. and spiritual. Gr. pneumatikos (S#4152g, Ro 1:11). *1 Ch 25:7. *Ne 12:46. *Ps 32:7. *Ps 119:54. Song 1:1. Is 5:1. 26:1. 30:29. +Ro 1:11g. 1 Cor 2:13. Ep 5:19. *Re 5:9. 14:3. *Re 15:3. songs. Gr. ōdē (S#5603g, Ep 5:19). 1 Ch 25:6. Ps 33:3. singing. *Col 4:6. =1 Ch 6:32. =1 Ch 15:22. =1 Ch 25:7. =2 Ch 23:13. *Ps 28:7. 30:11, 12. 47:6, 7. *Ps 63:4-6. 71:23. 95:1. 103:1, 2. 138:1. Song 2:12. Is 35:6. Ezk 40:44. *1 Cor 14:15. *+Ep 4:29. He 13:15. with grace. or, the grace. It is the divine Grace that is implied (WKF, p. 209). Col 1:2. +**1 Cor 15:10. 2 Cor 4:15. Ep 4:29. in your hearts. T#529. +1 S 16:7 (T#333). Ps 111:1. *Is 29:13. 1 Cor 14:15. Ep 5:19, 20. 2 P 1:8. to the Lord. ver. *Col 3:23. Ep 6:1.