"... The retention of the Greek sophia highlights the personified quality of Jesus as the Wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 2 emphasizes the hiddenness or mysteriousness of the wisdom of the Gospel, a subject taken up again in Colossians 1 and 2 and Ephesians 3:9-11. Colossians 1:15-20 describes Jesus' relationship with God in virtually the same language as that of Wisdom in Wisdom of Solomon 7, and continues on the subject of Paul's mission “to make the word of God fully known, the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations [...] God's mystery, that is, Christ himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 1:25-26; 2:2-3). As in Wisdom of Solomon 9 and 18, we see the association between the Wisdom and Word of God, but here both names are applied to Jesus Christ, who is understood as “God‟s word of wisdom.” Other New Testament passages that echo concepts or language related to Woman Wisdom include Ephesians 1:17, where Jesus is portrayed as giving a “spirit of wisdom” to believers, recalling the “kindly spirit” of Woman Wisdom passing into holy souls in Wisdom of Solomon 1:6 and 7:27; Hebrews 1:1-3 and James 3:13-17, both of which parallel Wisdom of Solomon 7; also, Romans 10:6-8, Philippians 2:6-11, and 1 Timothy 3:16 all explain the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in terms of descent and ascent, like in the Gospel of John ..."