Colossians 1:6 → Genesis 1:28

NT Text: Colossians 1:6 — "bearing fruit and increasing in all the world"

OT Source(s):

• Genesis 1:28 (LXX: αὐξάνεσθε - "increase!")
• Isaiah 11:1 (fruitfulness - פָּרָה parah)

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): Typology + Longitudinal Theme

Anchor Text: Gen 1:28 — The Adamic Commission

Significance: Creation mandate fulfilled through gospel expansion. Paul uses Genesis 1:28's fruitfulness language (αὐξάνω) to describe the gospel's spread "in all the world," showing Christ accomplishes what Adam failed to do.

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