Colossians 4:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

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  • Eph 5:15-17 : 15 See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Making the most of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
  • 1 Thess 4:12 : 12 That you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing.
  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 Moreover, he must have a good reputation with those outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
  • Jas 3:13 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore, be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  • Rom 16:19 : 19 For your obedience is known to all, and I am glad on your behalf. But I would have you wise in what is good, and innocent concerning evil.
  • 1 Cor 5:12-13 : 12 For what do I have to do with judging those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
  • 1 Cor 14:19-25 : 19 Yet in the church, I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. 20 Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature. 21 In the law it is written: With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people, and yet for all that they will not hear me, says the Lord. 22 Therefore, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to those who do not believe; but prophesying is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe. 23 Therefore, if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad? 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is judged by all. 25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives;
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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  • Eph 5:14-17
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    14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

    15 See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,

    16 Making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

    17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

  • Col 4:6
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    6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12 That you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing.

  • Col 4:3-4
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    3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains;

    4 That I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

  • 1 Pet 4:3-4
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    3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in sensuality, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

    4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • Col 3:7
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    7 In which you also walked at one time, when you lived in them.

  • 1 Thess 4:5
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    5 Not in passionate lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God:

  • Col 2:4
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    4 And this I say, lest anyone should beguile you with enticing words.

  • Eph 4:1
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    1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,

  • Eph 5:6-8
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    6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.

    7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.

    8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • 1 Pet 2:12
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    12 Having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  • Titus 2:8
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    8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he who is of the opposite side may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

  • 1 Pet 1:17-18
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    17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;

    18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

  • Phil 2:15
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    15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;

  • Col 1:10
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    10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • Phil 4:5
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    5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near.

  • Eph 1:8
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    8 Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;

  • Phil 1:10
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    10 So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;

  • Eph 4:22-23
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    22 That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

    23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

  • Heb 12:14
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    14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

  • Jas 3:13
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    13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.

  • Eph 4:26
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    26 Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

  • Eph 4:31
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    31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

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    2 While they observe your pure conduct with reverence.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

  • Eph 2:12
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    12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

  • 1 Thess 2:12
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    12 That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you to His kingdom and glory.

  • 1 Pet 3:15
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    15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

  • Jas 3:17
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    17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

  • Luke 21:14
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    14 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer:

  • Eph 4:29
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    29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

  • Jas 4:13
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    13 Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit;

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

  • Rom 13:11
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    11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

  • Col 1:28
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    28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

  • Eph 3:10
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    10 To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

  • Eph 5:10
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    10 Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

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    13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.

  • Titus 3:14
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    14 And let our people also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful.

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