Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Colossians 2:3

"in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden." — Colossians 2:3 (ASV)

This Christ is now described as the One “in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” This statement contains two thoughts. (1) All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in Christ. The false teachers claimed to have, through their relation with a supposed hierarchy of supernatural beings, a higher knowledge than that possessed by ordinary believers. Against this, Paul argues that all wisdom and knowledge are in Christ and that their treasures are accessible to every believer. (2) The treasures of wisdom are in Christ in a hidden way. “Hidden” does not, however, mean that they are concealed but rather that they are laid up or stored away as a treasure.