Colossians 1:28

"to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."

Key Reflection

This verse reveals that God has revealed a profound mystery—namely, the presence and power of Christ dwelling within believers—that was previously unknown to the Gentiles. This revelation is not just intellectual knowledge but a spiritual reality, making believers the hope of glory as Christ resides in them.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 28. Whom we preach, warning every man. This does not mean warning of danger, but "admonishing all of the claims of the gospel to attention." Our word warn is commonly used in the sense of cautioning against danger. The Greek word here means to put in mind; to admonish; to exhort. The idea of the apostle is, that he made it his great business to bring the offers of the gospel fairly before the mind of every man. As it had the same claims on all, as it might be freely offered to all, and as it furnished the only hope of glory, he made it the object of his life to apprize every man of it, as far as he could. And teaching every man.

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