Colossians 4:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

Cross References

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.

Daniel 2:8

The king answered, “I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time because you see the decree from me is firm:

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Mark 4:11

And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything comes in parables,

Romans 16:19

For your obedience is known to all; therefore, I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and guileless in what is evil.

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 Thessalonians 4:12

so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.

1 Timothy 3:7

Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil.

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.

James 3:13

Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

1 Peter 3:1

Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,