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Whom we preach, warningf every man, and teachingh every man in all wisdom; thatk we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

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Acts 20:28,31• ²⁸Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit set you overseers to tend the assembly of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
³¹Wherefore watch, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not admonishing each one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:28,31)

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2 Tim. 2:24‑25• ²⁴And a bondman of [the] Lord must not contend, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
²⁵in meekness instructing those that oppose, if haply God may give them repentance unto acknowledgment of truth, (2 Tim. 2:24‑25)

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2 Cor. 11:2• ²For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present a chaste virgin to Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2)

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Whom.

Acts 3:20• ²⁰and he may send forth him that hath been fore-appointed for you, Jesus Christ, (Acts 3:20)

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Acts 5:42• ⁴²And every day in the temple and at home they ceased not to teach and preach that the Christ [is] Jesus. (Acts 5:42)

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Acts 8:5,35• ⁵And Philip went down to a city of Samaria and preached to them the Christ.
³⁵And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached to him Jesus. (Acts 8:5,35)

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Acts 9:20• ²⁰And immediately in the synagogues he preached Jesus, g that he is the Son of God. (Acts 9:20)

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Acts 10:36• ³⁶The word which he sent forth to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), a (Acts 10:36)

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Acts 11:20• ²⁰But there were some of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming unto Antioch spoke unto the Greeks a also, preaching the Lord Jesus. (Acts 11:20)

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Acts 13:38• ³⁸Be it known to you therefore [men-] brethren, that through this [Man] remission of sins is preached to you; (Acts 13:38)

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Acts 17:3,18• ³opening and alleging that the Christ must suffer, and rise again from [the] dead, and that this Jesus whom I announce to you is the Christ.
¹⁸And certain also of the Epicureans and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this babbler say? and others, He seemeth to be an announcer of strange divinities, because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. (Acts 17:3,18)

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Rom. 16:25• ²⁵Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to [the] revelation of [the] mystery kept secret in everlasting times, (Rom. 16:25)

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1 Cor. 1:23• ²³but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to Gentiles foolishness, (1 Cor. 1:23)

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1 Cor. 15:12• ¹²But if Christ is preached that he is raised from [the] dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of [the] dead? (1 Cor. 15:12)

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2 Cor. 4:5• ⁵For not ourselves do we preach, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake, (2 Cor. 4:5)

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2 Cor. 10:14• ¹⁴For we do not, as though not reaching unto you, overstretch ourselves, for even as far as you we advanced in the gospel of Christ, (2 Cor. 10:14)

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Eph. 3:8• ⁸To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:8)

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Phil. 1:15‑18• ¹⁵Some, indeed, also for envy and strife, but some also for goodwill, preach the Christ:
¹⁶these, indeed, out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;
¹⁷but these out of contention announce the Christ, not purely, thinking to stir up tribulation for my bonds.
¹⁸What then? Notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is announced, and in this I rejoice, yea, and I will rejoice; (Phil. 1:15‑18)

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1 Tim. 3:16• ¹⁶And confessedly great is the mystery of piety: he who was manifested in flesh, was justified in Spirit, appeared unto angels, was preached among Gentiles, was believed on in [the] world, was received up in glory. (1 Tim. 3:16)

warning.

Jer. 6:10• ¹⁰{i}To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.{/i} (Jer. 6:10)

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Ezek. 3:17‑21• ¹⁷{i}Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.{/i}
¹⁸{i}When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he may live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.{/i}
¹⁹{i}But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.{/i}
²⁰{i}And when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.{/i}
²¹{i}And if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall certainly live, for he hath taken warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.{/i} (Ezek. 3:17‑21)

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Ezek. 33:4‑9• ⁴Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh not warning, if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
⁶But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
⁷So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
⁸When I say unto the wicked, Ο wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
⁹Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezek. 33:4‑9)

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Matt. 3:7• ⁷{i}But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?{/i} (Matt. 3:7)

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Acts 20:27‑28,31• ²⁷For I shrank not from announcing to you all the counsel of God.
²⁸Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit set you overseers to tend the assembly of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
³¹Wherefore watch, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not admonishing each one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:27‑28,31)

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1 Cor. 4:14• ¹⁴Not to abash you do I write these things, but as my beloved children I admonish [you]; (1 Cor. 4:14)

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1 Thess. 4:6• ⁶that he should not over-reach and wrong his brother in the matter; because the Lord is an avenger in respect of all these things, even as we told you before and fully testified. (1 Thess. 4:6)

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1 Thess. 5:12‑14• ¹²Now we beseech you, brethren, to know those that labour among you and are over you in [the] Lord and admonish you,
¹³and to esteem them exceedingly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
¹⁴And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all. (1 Thess. 5:12‑14)

teaching.

Deut. 4:5• ⁵Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. (Deut. 4:5)

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Ezek. 7:10• ¹⁰Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. (Ezek. 7:10)

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Eccl. 12:9• ⁹And moreover, because the Preacher was wise,{HR}He still taught the people knowledge;{HR}Yea, he pondered, and sought out,{HR}[And] set in order many proverbs. (Eccl. 12:9)

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Matt. 28:20• ²⁰{i}teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.{/i} (Matt. 28:20)

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Mark 6:34• ³⁴And [Jesus] when he came out, saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. (Mark 6:34)

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Eph. 4:11• ¹¹And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, (Eph. 4:11)

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1 Tim. 3:2• ²The overseer therefore must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, temperate, sober, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach, (1 Tim. 3:2)

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2 Tim. 2:24‑25• ²⁴And a bondman of [the] Lord must not contend, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
²⁵in meekness instructing those that oppose, if haply God may give them repentance unto acknowledgment of truth, (2 Tim. 2:24‑25)

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Prov. 8:5• ⁵O ye simple, understand prudence;{HR}And, ye foolish, be of understanding heart. (Prov. 8:5)

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Jer. 3:15• ¹⁵and I will give you pastors, according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Jer. 3:15)

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Luke 21:15• ¹⁵for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist or reply unto. (Luke 21:15)

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1 Cor. 2:6,15• ⁶But we speak wisdom among the full-grown, but wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age that come to nought.
¹⁵but the spiritual [man] examineth all things, while he himself is examined by no one. (1 Cor. 2:6,15)

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1 Cor. 12:8• ⁸For to one, through the Spirit, is given [the] word of wisdom, and to another [the] word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; (1 Cor. 12:8)

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2 Peter 3:15• ¹⁵and count the long-suffering of our Lord salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him, (2 Peter 3:15)

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Col. 1:22• ²²yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy, and unblamable, and irreproachable before him, (Col. 1:22)

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2 Cor. 11:2• ²For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present a chaste virgin to Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2)

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Eph. 5:27• ²⁷that he might himself present to himself the assembly glorious, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it should be holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:27)

perfect.

Col. 2:10• ¹⁰and ye are complete in him who is the head of all principality and authority; (Col. 2:10)

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1 Cor. 1:30• ³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption; (1 Cor. 1:30)

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Eph. 4:12‑13• ¹²for the perfecting of the saints, unto work of ministry, unto edifying of the body of the Christ,
¹³until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at [the] measure of [the] stature of the fullness of the Christ; (Eph. 4:12‑13)

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Heb. 10:14• ¹⁴For by one offering he hath perfected continuously the sanctified. (Heb. 10:14)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹perfect you in every good work unto the doing of his will, working in you what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

• Not that every man would receive it; but there was no longer any limit. All distinction between them was blotted out, alike by sin and by grace, and there was but one thing to do; that is, to seek that every man, by the power of the Word and the Spirit, should reflect Christ and grow up unto the stature of His fullness, as revealed in the doctrine committed to the Apostle. (“Colossians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• Full Christian maturity. “Perfect,” in the sense in which Paul uses the word here, refers to this. It means “full grown” and could be translated as such (1 Cor. 14:20; Phil. 3:15). (“The Fulness That Resides in Christ: Colossians 1-2:3” by B. Anstey)

• Note the switch from the plural (“you” – vs. 27) to the singular (“every man” – vs. 28). This is because when it comes to growth and progress in divine things, it is an individual thing. (“The Fulness That Resides in Christ: Colossians 1-2:3” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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whom *we* announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.

W. Kelly Translation

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whom we preach, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfecta in Christ,

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"Perfect" means "full-grown," as in , and as the KJV gives "of full age" in .