Colossians 1:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Him we preach and proclaim, warning and admonishing everyone and instructing everyone in all wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God), that we may present every person mature (full-grown, fully initiated, complete, and perfect) in Christ (the Anointed One).

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Common English Bible

²⁸ This is what we preach as we warn and teach every person with all wisdom so that we might present each one mature in Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ We are announcing him, correcting every man and teaching every man, with all wisdom, so that we may offer every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:28 Cross References

Jeremiah 3:15

I will give you shepherds after my own heart who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Ephesians 5:27

so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.

Matthew 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed.

Colossians 1:22

he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.

Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.

Acts 8:35

Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus.

Hebrews 10:14

For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

Colossians 2:10

and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority.

1 Corinthians 12:8

To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

Ephesians 3:8

Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ

2 Corinthians 10:14

For we were not overstepping our limits when we reached you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the good news of Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:12

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

1 Corinthians 1:30

In contrast, God is why you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Luke 21:15

for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.

1 Corinthians 2:15

Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.

1 Corinthians 1:23

but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to gentiles,

Romans 16:25

Now to God who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages

Acts 17:3

explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead and saying, “This is the Messiah, Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.”

Acts 10:36

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.

Acts 9:20

and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”

Acts 8:5

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.

Acts 5:42

And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.

Acts 3:20

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and that he may send the Messiah appointed for you, that is, Jesus,

Mark 6:34

As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Matthew 28:20

and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? See, their ears are closed; they cannot listen. The word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.

Proverbs 8:5

O simple ones, learn prudence; acquire intelligence, you who lack it.

Deuteronomy 4:5

“See, just as the Lord my God has charged me, I now teach you statutes and ordinances for you to observe in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.

2 Peter 3:15

and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, as he works among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

1 Corinthians 4:14

I am not writing this to make you ashamed but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Acts 13:38

Let it be known to you therefore, brothers and sisters, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you;

Acts 11:20

But among them were some men of Cyprus and Cyrene who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists also, proclaiming the Lord Jesus.

Ezekiel 7:10

See, the day! See, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed; pride has budded.

Acts 17:18

Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this pretentious babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

Ezra 7:25

“And you, Ezra, according to the God-given wisdom you possess, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River who know the laws of your God, and you shall teach those who do not know them.

Colossians 2:3

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you. He is always striving in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills.