Colossians 1:25-29

25I have become God's servant, so that I can help the church. God chose me to do that. He chose me to explain his message to you completely.

26That message is a secret that God hid from everyone before now. He hid it from all the people who lived in past times. But now he has shown this secret to his people.

27God wanted them to understand how great this secret is. It shows that God will bless people who live in all countries of the world. This secret message is that Christ lives in you. And because of that, you know that you will live with God in heaven one day.

28That is why we tell everyone the message about Christ. God helps us to be very wise as we warn people and we teach them. We want every person who belongs to Christ to become complete, as God sees them.

29That is why I work very hard. Christ works powerfully in me to make me strong for this difficult work.