Colossians 1:28 Cross References - NSB

²⁸ We preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one to God as a mature individual in union with Christ.

⁵ »I have taught you laws and rules as Jehovah my God commanded me. You must obey them when you enter the land and take possession of it.

⁵ »O you simple ones, understand wisdom and, you fools, be of an understanding heart.

⁹ Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. He gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

¹⁵ »I will give you shepherds after my own heart. They will be shepherds who feed (shepherd) (lead) (tend) you with knowledge and understanding (learning) (reasoning) (insight).

¹⁰ »To whom can I speak and give warning that they may hear? Their ears are closed and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of Jehovah has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

¹⁷ »Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me. ¹⁸ »When I tell a wicked man that he will surely die, but you do not warn him or speak out so that he can change his wicked way in order to save his life; that wicked man will die because of his sin. I will hold you responsible for his death. ¹⁹ »When you warn the wicked man, and he does not turn from his wicked way; he will die because of his sin, but you will save yourself. ²⁰ »If righteous people turn from living the right way and do wrong, I will make them stumble and they will die. If you do not warn them, they will die because of their sin. The right things they did will not be remembered. I will hold you responsible for their deaths. ²¹ »If you warn righteous people not to sin, and they do not sin, they will certainly live because they listened to the warning and you will save yourself.«

¹⁰ ‘»The day is here! It has come! Doom has burst forth. The rod has budded, and arrogance has blossomed!

⁴ »‘If the people hear the horn and ignore the warning and the enemy comes and takes them, they will be responsible for their own deaths. ⁵ »‘They heard the sound of the horn but ignored its warning. In that case they are responsible for their own deaths. If they had taken the warning they would have saved themselves. ⁶ »‘But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and does not blow his horn to warn the people and the enemy comes and kills someone, that watchman must die because of his sin. I will hold him responsible for their deaths.’ ⁷ »Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the people of Israel. Listen to what I say and warn them for me. ⁸ »Suppose I say to a wicked person, ‘You wicked person, you will certainly die.’ And you say nothing to warn him to change his ways. That wicked person will die because of his sin. I will hold you responsible for his death. ⁹ »But if you warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life.

⁴⁸ »Be perfect (mature), even as your Father in heaven is perfect (mature). (Leviticus 19:2)

⁷ He saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism. »You offspring of vipers,« he said, »who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

²⁰ »Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.«

³⁴ When he arrived and saw the great crowd he had compassion on them. They were as sheep without a shepherd. He taught them many things.

¹⁵ »I will give you ability to talk and words of wisdom, which your adversaries shall not be able to resist or refute.

²⁰ »He will send Jesus Christ, who preached to you.

⁵ Then Philip went to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ to them.

³⁵ Then Philip began at the same Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

²⁰ He preached in the synagogues immediately. He preached Christ the Son of God.

⁴² They taught daily in the temple and in every house. They did not cease to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

³⁶ »You know the Word of God was sent to the children of Israel. He (Jehovah God) presented peace through the anointed Lord (or Master) of all, Jesus Christ. (Acts 2:36) (Jesus identified his father, Jehovah God, as Lord of all heaven and earth at Matthew 11:25)

²⁰ Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene. When they came to Antioch they spoke to the Greeks and preached the Lord Jesus.

³ He explained and proved that Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. And that Jesus is the Messiah.

¹⁸ The Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. Some said: What is this babbler saying? Others: He seems to be advocating strange gods because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

²⁷ »I did not shrink from telling you the entire will of God. ²⁸ »Be on guard for yourselves and the flock that the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Feed the Congregation of God that he purchased with the blood of his own [Son].

³¹ »Be on guard! Remember I did not cease for three years to admonish you day and night with tears.

³⁸ »You should know, men and brothers that it is through this man Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

²⁵ Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, which was kept secret since the world began.

²³ We preach Christ impaled. It is a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the nations!

³⁰ It is because of him you are united with Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.

⁶ How is it we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who come to nothing (are doomed to destruction)?

¹⁵ He that is spiritual judges all things, yet no man judges him.

¹⁴ I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you.

⁸ For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

¹² If we preached that Christ was raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

⁵ We do not preach about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord. We are your servants for Jesus' sake.

¹⁴ For we are not overstretching ourselves though we did not reach to you. We reached out to you with the good news of Christ.

² For I am zealous over you with a godly fervor (ardor) (zeal)! For I promised you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

⁸ To me, the very least of all the holy ones, was given grace (loving divine influence) to preach to the people of the nations the untraceable riches of Christ.

¹¹ He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers. ¹² This is for the perfecting (equipping) (preparing) of the holy ones, for the work of ministering, for the building up of the body of Christ: ¹³ until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown (mature) man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

²⁷ So he will be able to present the congregation to himself as a glorious congregation, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. It should be holy and without blemish.

¹⁵ Some preach Christ from envy and strife and some from good will. ¹⁶ The latter ones do it out of love, knowing that I am set (appointed) (placed here) for the defense of the good news. ¹⁷ But the others proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition without pure motives, thinking to cause me great suffering and distress in my imprisonment. ¹⁸ What then? That in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed! For that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice!

²² But he (Christ) reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and without accusation before Him (God).

¹⁰ You are made full (complete) (perfect) (mature) in him. He is the head over all government and authority.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you with all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another with psalms, praises to God, and spiritual songs. Sing with gratitude in your hearts to God.

⁶ Let no man defraud his brother in any matter. Jehovah is the avenger of this. We also have warned you and testified.

¹² We ask you, brothers, to appreciate those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you. ¹³ To esteem them very highly in love because of the work they do. And be at peace among yourselves. ¹⁴ We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.

²⁴ The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind (gentle) to all, able to teach, and patient when wronged. ²⁵ He should instruct those who oppose using meekness. Perhaps God will give them repentance that they may know the truth.

² The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;

¹⁶ The secret of godliness is great and it is without controversy. ‘He (Jesus Christ) was manifested (revealed) in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, and seen by angels. He preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, and received up in glory.’

¹⁴ With one offering he has perfected those who are sanctified forever.

²¹ make you perfect (mature) in every good thing. May you do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁵ Consider the patience of our Lord as salvation. Just as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you.