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(3) In whom are hid all the treasures.--The order of the original is curious: 'in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, as hidden treasures.' The word 'hidden' (apocryphi) is an almost technical word for secret teaching given only to the initiated; used originally as a term of honour (as the participle of the kindred verb is used in 1Corinthians 2:7-8, 'the wisdom of God in mystery, even the hidden wisdom . . . which none of the princes of this world knew'), afterwards, from the character of these 'apocryphal' books, coming to signify spurious and heretical. St. Paul evidently takes up here a word, used by the pretenders to a special and abstruse knowledge, and applies it to the 'heavenly things' which He alone knows 'who is in heaven' (John 3:12-13). From our full comprehension they are hidden; if ever we know them, it will not be till 'we know even as we are known.' But the previous words show that we can have full practical apprehension of them by our knowledge of Christ, who knows them--a knowledge begun in faith, and perfected chiefly in love.

Wisdom and knowledge.--Comp. Romans 11:33 and 1Corinthians 12:8 ('the word of wisdom' . . . 'the word of knowledge'). On the true sense of 'wisdom' and its relation to other less perfect gifts, as 'prudence,' 'intelligence,' 'knowledge,' see Note on Ephesians 1:8. 'Knowledge' is clearly the development of wisdom in spiritual perception, as 'intelligence' in testing and harmonising such perception, and 'prudence' in making them, so tested, the guide of life. The word 'knowledge' (gnosis) was the word which, certainly afterwards, probably even then, was the watchword of 'Gnosticism'--the unbridled and fantastic spirit of metaphysical and religious speculation then beginning to infest all Christian thought. It can hardly be accidental that St. Paul here, as elsewhere, subordinates it to the higher gift of wisdom.

Verse 3. - In whom (or, which) are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden(ly) (Ephesians 1:8, 9; Ephesians 3:8; Romans 11:33; 1 Corinthians 1:5, 6, 30; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 4:3). Bengel, Meyer, Alford, and others make the relative pronoun neuter, referring to 'mystery;' but 'Christ,' the nearer antecedent, is preferable (vers. 9, 10; Colossians 1:16, 17, 19). Inhim the apostle finds what false teachers sought elsewhere, a satisfaction for the intellect as well as for the heart - treasures of wisdom and knowledge to enrich the understanding, and unsearchable mysteries to exercise the speculative reason. 'Hidden' is, therefore, a secondary predicate: in whom are these treasures, - as hidden treasures' (Ellicott, Lightfoot). (For a similar emphasis of position, compare 'made complete,' ver. 10, and 'seated,' Colossians 3:1.) Meyer and Alford, with the Vulgate, make 'hidden' an attributive: 'in whom are hidden treasures.' Chrysostom and leading versions make it primary predicate: 'in whom are hidden,' etc., against the order of the words. This word also belongs to the dialect of the mystic theosophists (see note, Colossians 1:27: comp. 1 Corinthians 2:6-16; Isaiah 45:3; Proverbs 2:1-11). (On 'wisdom,' see note, Colossians 1:9.) Knowledge (γνῶσις, not ἐπίγνωσις, ver. 2; Colossians 1:9; Colossians 3:10; for this phrase is more comprehensive) is the more objective and purely intellectual side of wisdom (comp. Romans 11:33).
Parallel Commentaries ...
in
ἐν(en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.
whom
ᾧ(hō)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.
are
εἰσιν(eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.
hidden
ἀπόκρυφοι(apokryphoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 614: Hidden away, secret, stored up. From apokrupto; secret; by implication, treasured. Hidden treasure found

all
πάντες(pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.
the
οἱ(hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.
treasures Movie

θησαυροὶ(thēsauroi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2344: A store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store. From tithemi; a deposit, i.e. Wealth.
of wisdom
σοφίας(sophias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4678: Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom.
and
καὶ(kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: Hidden

And, even, also, namely.
knowledge.
γνώσεως(gnōseōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1108: Knowledge, doctrine, wisdom. From ginosko; knowing, i.e. knowledge.

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Review:

AIO is in a cycle with this album. The album contains basically one of everything, to keep happy each possible AIO listener. There is an episode which advances all of the present AIO storylines (Malachi's Message), a check in with the new family (In All Things Give Thanks), a mystery with the regular AIO kids (Buried Sin), a Bible story (The Tower), an action episode (Gloobers), a historical episode (Telemachus), a couple variety shows (BTV, The Devil Made Me Do It), and, of course, a 'standard' episode with regular people (Not-So-Trivial Pursuit). Certainly you'll get variety in this package and have all kinds of different stories to hear. The only annoying thing about this method is that we only really get one story (Malachi's Message) that deals with the present storylines in Odyssey. Almost all of the others are great stories, but they don't tell us much about the characters.

The album begins with its best episodes, the three-part Malachi's Message series. Somehow this story manages to advance every storyline in AIO while telling an e