New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:22-29

22yet He has now 1reconciled you in His fleshly 2body through death, in order to 3present you before Him 4holy and blameless and beyond reproach-- 23if indeed you continue in 5the faith firmly 6established and steadfast, and not moved away from the 7hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed 8in all creation under heaven, 9and of which I, Paul, 10was made a 11 12minister.

24 13Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh 14I 15do my share on behalf of 16His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking 17in Christ’s afflictions. 25 18Of this church I 19was made a minister according to the 20stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might 21fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, 26that is, 22the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His 23saints, 27to whom 24God willed to make known what is 25the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is 26Christ in you, the 27hope of glory. 28We proclaim Him, 28admonishing every man and teaching every man 29with all 30wisdom, so that we may 31present every man 32 33complete in Christ. 29For this purpose also I 34labor, 35striving 36according to His 37power, which 38mightily works within me.

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Notes

1. Colossians 1:22 2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16 ↩
2. Colossians 1:22 Rom 7:4 ↩
3. Colossians 1:22 Eph 5:27; Col 1:28 ↩
4. Colossians 1:22 Eph 1:4 ↩
5. Colossians 1:23 Or in faith ↩
6. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:17; Col 2:7 ↩
7. Colossians 1:23 Col 1:5 ↩
8. Colossians 1:23 Mark 16:15; Acts 2:5; Col 1:6 ↩
9. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:7; Col 1:25 ↩
10. Colossians 1:23 Lit became ↩
11. Colossians 1:23 Or servant ↩
12. Colossians 1:23 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
13. Colossians 1:24 Rom 8:17; 2 Cor 1:5; 12:15; Phil 2:17 ↩
14. Colossians 1:24 2 Tim 1:8; 2:10 ↩
15. Colossians 1:24 Or representatively...fill up ↩
16. Colossians 1:24 Col 1:18 ↩
17. Colossians 1:24 Lit of ↩
18. Colossians 1:25 Col 1:23 ↩
19. Colossians 1:25 Lit became ↩
20. Colossians 1:25 Eph 3:2 ↩
21. Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God ↩
22. Colossians 1:26 Rom 16:25f; Eph 3:3f; Col 2:2; 4:3 ↩
23. Colossians 1:26 Or holy ones ↩
24. Colossians 1:27 Matt 13:11 ↩
25. Colossians 1:27 Eph 1:7, 18; 3:16 ↩
26. Colossians 1:27 Rom 8:10 ↩
27. Colossians 1:27 1 Tim 1:1 ↩
28. Colossians 1:28 Acts 20:31; Col 3:16 ↩
29. Colossians 1:28 Lit in ↩
30. Colossians 1:28 1 Cor 2:6f; Col 2:3 ↩
31. Colossians 1:28 Col 1:22 ↩
32. Colossians 1:28 Or perfect ↩
33. Colossians 1:28 Matt 5:48; Eph 4:13 ↩
34. Colossians 1:29 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
35. Colossians 1:29 Col 2:1; 4:12 ↩
36. Colossians 1:29 Eph 1:19; Col 2:12 ↩
37. Colossians 1:29 Lit working ↩
38. Colossians 1:29 Lit in power ↩

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