Colossians 1:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Warning

1 Thessalonians 5:12

In all

We may

Colossians 1:22

2 Corinthians 11:2

Ephesians 5:27

Perfect

Hebrews 13:21

Bible References

Warning

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

For I have not shrunk from declaring to you God's whole truth.

I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.

and that in this matter there be no encroaching on the rights of a brother Christian and no overreaching him. For the Lord is an avenger in all such cases, as we have already taught you and solemnly warned you.

Now we beg you, brethren, to show respect for those who labour among you and are your leaders in Christian work, and are your advisers;

In all

for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to withstand or reply to.

Yet when we are among mature believers we do speak words of wisdom; a wisdom not belonging, however, to the present age nor to the leaders of the present age who are soon to pass away.

To one the utterance of wisdom has been granted through the Spirit; to another the utterance of knowledge in accordance with the will of the same Spirit;

And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue of the wisdom granted to him.

We may

He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;

I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.

that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.

Perfect

and He is the Lord of all princes and rulers.

But you--and it is all God's doing--are in Christ Jesus: He has become for us a wisdom which is from God, consisting of righteousness and sanctification and deliverance;

in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving--for the building up of Christ's body--

For by a single offering He has for ever completed the blessing for those whom He is setting free from sin.

fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.