King James Version

Colossians 1:28

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Jesus” (Ἰησοῦ,) after Christ here.

ὃνhonWhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.WhomἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).weκαταγγέλλομενkatangellomenpreachκαταγγέλλω (katangellō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “preach”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2605I declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate.This verse uses “preach”.preachνουθετοῦντεςnouthetounteswarningνουθετέω (noutheteō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “warning”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3560I admonish, warn, counsel, exhort.warningπάνταpantaeveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “every”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyἄνθρωπονanthrōponmanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “man”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.manκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιδάσκοντεςdidaskontesteachingδιδάσκω (didaskō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “teaching”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1321I teach, direct, admonish.teachingπάνταpantaeveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “every”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyἄνθρωπονanthrōponmanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “man”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.manἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inπάσῃpasēallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allσοφίᾳsophiawisdomσοφίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “wisdom”, the to- or for-formG4678wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence.wisdomἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatπαραστήσωμενparastēsōmenwe may presentπαρίστημι (paristēmi)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “we may present”, a single actionG3936I bring, present, prove, come up to and stand by, am present.This verse uses “present”.we may presentπάνταpantaeveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “every”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyἄνθρωπονanthrōponmanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “man”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.manτέλειονteleionperfectτέλειος (teleios)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “perfect”, the object formG5046perfect, (a) complete in all its parts, (b) full grown, of full age, (c) specially of the completeness of Christian character.This verse uses “perfect”.perfectἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inΧριστῷchristōChristΧριστός (christos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the to- or for-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christ

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the to- or for-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

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American Standard Version (1901)

whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Young’s Literal Translation

whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

World English Bible

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

Whom we preach, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

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