Word study · Greek
teleios
complete, mature, perfect
Say it: TEH-lay-os (approximate)
τέλειος
What it means
Complete, mature. "Present every man complete in Christ" (1:28), and Epaphras prays they would stand "perfect" (4:12).
Range of meaning
- CompleteLacking nothing, whole.
- MatureFully grown, as opposed to a child.
- PerfectWithout flaw, in the older English sense.
In Colossians
- Chapter 1
"Present every man complete in Christ" (1:28).
- Chapter 4
"That you may stand perfect" (4:12).
Every verse (2)
Verses where G5046 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources