Col 1:28 | RWP | e4.org | Whom ( ον ). That is, "Christ in you, the hope of glory." We proclaim ( καταγγελλομεν ). Paul, Timothy and all like-minded preachers against the Gnostic depreciation of Christ. This verb originally (Xenophon) meant to denounce, but in N.T. it means to announce ( αγγελλω ) throughout ( κατα ), to proclaim far and wide ( ). Admonishing ( νουθετουντες ). Old verb from νουθετης , admonisher (from νουσ, τιθημ ). See already ; , ; , etc. Warning about practice and teaching ( διδασκοντες ) about doctrine. Such teaching calls for "all wisdom" Every man ( παντα ανθρωπον ). Repeated three times. "In opposition to the doctrine of an intellectual exclusiveness taught by the false teachers" (Abbott). That we may present ( ινα παραστησωμεν ). Final use of ινα and first aorist active subjunctive of παριστημ , for which see , the final presentation to Christ. Perfect ( τελειον ). Spiritual adults in Christ, no longer babes in Christ ( ), mature and ripened Christians ( ), the full-grown man in Christ ( ). The relatively perfect ( ) will on that day of the presentation be fully developed as here ( ; ). The Gnostics used τελειος of the one fully initiated into their mysteries and it is quite possible that Paul here has also a sidewise reference to their use of the term.

‏ Colossians 1:28

Whom ( ον ). That is, "Christ in you, the hope of glory."

We proclaim ( καταγγελλομεν ). Paul, Timothy and all like-minded preachers against the Gnostic depreciation of Christ. This verb originally (Xenophon) meant to denounce, but in N.T. it means to announce ( αγγελλω ) throughout ( κατα ), to proclaim far and wide (Ac 13:5).

Admonishing ( νουθετουντες ). Old verb from νουθετης, admonisher (from νουσ, τιθημ ). See already Ac 20:31; 1Th 5:12, 14; 2Th 3:15, etc. Warning about practice and teaching ( διδασκοντες ) about doctrine. Such teaching calls for "all wisdom"

Every man ( παντα ανθρωπον ). Repeated three times. "In opposition to the doctrine of an intellectual exclusiveness taught by the false teachers" (Abbott).

That we may present ( ινα παραστησωμεν ). Final use of ινα and first aorist active subjunctive of παριστημ, for which see 1:22, the final presentation to Christ.

Perfect ( τελειον ). Spiritual adults in Christ, no longer babes in Christ (Heb 5:14), mature and ripened Christians (4:22), the full-grown man in Christ (Eph 4:13). The relatively perfect (Php 3:15) will on that day of the presentation be fully developed as here (Col 4:12; Eph 4:13). The Gnostics used τελειος of the one fully initiated into their mysteries and it is quite possible that Paul here has also a sidewise reference to their use of the term.