Colossians 1:28

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teac

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing ps

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who

But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ

Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospita

because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admon

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection o

For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, a

We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel

Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable r

but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of a

Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that J

Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelati

Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the

To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word

But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vip

that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been ap

The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his bl

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a sheph

See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in

Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many pro

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom

equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a war

By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was see

But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the

I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.