Colossians 1:28
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28 It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.[a](A)
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- 1.28 Other ancient authorities add Jesus
Jeremiah 3:15
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15 I will give you shepherds after my own heart who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.(A)
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Ephesians 5:27
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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.(A)
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Matthew 5:48
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48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)
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Ephesians 4:11-13
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11 He himself granted that some are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers(A) 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,(B) 13 until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity,[a] to the measure of the full stature of Christ.(C)
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- 4.13 Gk to a mature man
2 Timothy 2:24-25
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24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, patient,(A) 25 correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth(B)
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Colossians 3:16
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16 Let the word of Christ[a] 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.[b](A)
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1 Corinthians 2:6
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The True Wisdom of God
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.(A)
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Colossians 1:22
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22 he has now reconciled[a] in his fleshly body[b] through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,(A)
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2 Corinthians 11:2
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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.(A)
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2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.(A)
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Acts 20:31
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31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.(A)
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Acts 8:35
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35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus.(A)
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