Colossians 2:3
Neutral key: nrf1:COL.002.003
About the book Colossians Trend of this verse since 2000
Which lectionaries prescribe this verse
Bible text
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
Text: World English Bible (Classic, with deuterocanon). The World English Bible is in the Public Domain. "World English Bible" is a trademark of eBible.org.. Licence: Public domain (World English Bible). Source: eBible.org eng-web USFM. Footnotes and cross references are left out; the rights holder has not reviewed or endorsed this display.
Statistics
- 27 Verse-level uses Counting rule CR-BASE: every citation of this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 27 Explicit citations Counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE, as in the Top 100: only citations that name this verse.
- #316 Rank Rank 316 of 19,199 verses with explicit citations; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping Position 29,622 in the sequence prot66.nrf, New Testament
27 of the verse-level uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
- Jesusvia pronoun
"Via pronoun": the verse does not name the person but refers to them, for example with "he" or "her"; the link comes from the grammatical analysis of the Hebrew or Greek text.
Topics of this verse
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.
Persons: STEPBible TIPNR and MACULA; topics: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Sources and credits
Numbering in the versification systems
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse unit has the following labels (mapping release R8); labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 14 occurrences
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 12 occurrences
- Die Losungen (official yearly files): 1 occurrence
Occurrences
27 approved public occurrences in the profile official@2, newest first.
- Date
- Feb 17, 2026
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,2-3
- Source
- Die Losungen (official yearly files), Die Losungen 2026 (Jahresdatei der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität)
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2026-02-17
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Translation
- Lutherbibel 2017
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Oct 24, 2023
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Dienstag, 24. Oktober 2023
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2023-10-24
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- May 10, 2021
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 10. Mai 2021
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2021-05-10
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Mar 22, 2020
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Sonntag, 22. März 2020
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2020-03-22
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Feb 4, 2019
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 4. Februar 2019
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2019-02-04
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Feb 1, 2013
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 1. Februar 2013
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2013-02-01
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Aug 15, 2011
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 15. August 2011
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2011-08-15
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Oct 14, 2010
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Donnerstag, 14. Oktober 2010
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2010-10-14
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Apr 24, 2009
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 24. April 2009
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2009-04-24
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Mar 4, 2005
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 4. März 2005
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2005-03-04
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Sep 30, 2002
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 30. September 2002
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2002-09-30
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jun 3, 2001
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Sonntag, 3. Juni 2001
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2001-06-03
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Oct 28, 2000
- Cited as
- Kolosser 2,3
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Samstag, 28. Oktober 2000
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2000-10-28
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Quaestiones Disputatae, De Scientia Christi, Question
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1225 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Colossians
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Thomas Aquinas
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1055 – Dec 31, 1126
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Colossians
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Theophylact of Ohrid
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 670 – Dec 31, 749
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book III
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- John Damascene
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 354 – Dec 31, 430
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, LETTER 137, TO VOLUSIANUS
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Augustine of Hippo
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 354 – Dec 31, 430
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Sermon
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Augustine of Hippo
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Writings of Jerome
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Matthew
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 344 – Dec 31, 407
- Cited as
- Colossians 2:2-3
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Homily on Colossians
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- John Chrysostom
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1 / CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE@1, profile official@2, epoch 103
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – verse-level uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – explicit citations (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 103, published Nov 5, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8- Rank
- As in the Top 100: explicit citations, highest first, over the verses with at least one; tied verses share a rank.
- Occurrences
- Approved public occurrences of the profile shown, with at least one passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. This page shows no Bible text. How we count