Colossians 4:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Walke wisely towarde them that are without, and redeeme the season.

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  • Eph 5:15-17 : 15 Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise, 16 Redeeming ye season: for ye daies are euill. 17 Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.
  • 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.
  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is a wise man & endued with knowledge among you? let him shew by good conuersation his workes in meekenesse of wisdome.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you as sheepe in the middes of the wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doues.
  • Rom 16:19 : 19 For your obedience is come abroade among all: I am glad therefore of you: but yet I woulde haue you wise vnto that which is good, and simple concerning euill.
  • 1 Cor 5:12-13 : 12 For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within? 13 But God iudgeth them that are without. Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man.
  • 1 Cor 14:19-25 : 19 Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes with mine vnderstanding, that I might also instruct others, then ten thousande wordes in a strange tongue. 20 Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age. 21 In the Lawe it is written, By men of other tongues, and by other languages will I speake vnto this people: yet so shal they not heare me, sayth the Lord. 22 Wherefore strange tongues are for a signe, not to them that beleeue, but to them that beleeue not: but prophecying serueth not for them that beleeue not, but for them which beleeue. 23 If therefore when the whole Church is come together in one, and all speake strange tongues, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleeue not, will they not say, that ye are out of your wittes? 24 But if all prophecie, and there come in one that beleeueth not, or one vnlearned, hee is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of all, 25 And so are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so he will fall downe on his face and worship God, and say plainely that God is in you in deede.
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 And he saide vnto them, To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God: but vnto them that are without, all thinges bee done in parables,
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisedome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easie to be intreated, full of mercie & good fruites, without iudging, and without hipocrisie.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbandes, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues,
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 Teach vs so to nomber our dayes, that we may apply our heartes vnto wisdome.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdome, teaching and admonishing your owne selues, in Psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songs, singing with a grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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