New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 1:25-29

25 1Of this church I 2was madeG1096 a ministerG1249 accordingG2596 to the 3stewardshipG3622 from GodG2316 bestowedG1325 on me for your benefitG1519, so that I might 4fullyG4137 carryG4137 out the preaching of the wordG3056 of GodG2316,

26that is, 5the mysteryG3466 which has been hiddenG613 from the past agesG165 and generationsG1074, but has nowG3568 been manifestedG5319 to His 6saintsG40,

27to whomG3739 7GodG2316 willedG2309 to makeG1107 knownG1107 whatG5101 is 8the richesG4149 of the gloryG1391 of thisG3778 mysteryG3466 amongG1722 the GentilesG1484, whichG3739 is 9ChristG5547 in you, the 10hopeG1680 of gloryG1391.

28We proclaimG2605 Him, 11admonishingG3560 everyG3956 manG444 and teachingG1321 everyG3956 manG444 12with allG3956 13wisdomG4678, soG2443 that we may 14presentG3936 everyG3956 manG444 15 16completeG5046 in ChristG5547.

29For thisG3739 purpose alsoG2532 I 17laborG2872, 18strivingG75 19accordingG2596 to His 20powerG1411, which 21mightilyG1411 worksG1754 withinG1722 me.

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Notes

1. Colossians 1:25 Col 1:23 ↩
2. Colossians 1:25 Lit became ↩
3. Colossians 1:25 Eph 3:2 ↩
4. Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God ↩
5. Colossians 1:26 Rom 16:25f; Eph 3:3f; Col 2:2; 4:3 ↩
6. Colossians 1:26 Or holy ones ↩
7. Colossians 1:27 Matt 13:11 ↩
8. Colossians 1:27 Eph 1:7, 18; 3:16 ↩
9. Colossians 1:27 Rom 8:10 ↩
10. Colossians 1:27 1 Tim 1:1 ↩
11. Colossians 1:28 Acts 20:31; Col 3:16 ↩
12. Colossians 1:28 Lit in ↩
13. Colossians 1:28 1 Cor 2:6f; Col 2:3 ↩
14. Colossians 1:28 Col 1:22 ↩
15. Colossians 1:28 Or perfect ↩
16. Colossians 1:28 Matt 5:48; Eph 4:13 ↩
17. Colossians 1:29 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
18. Colossians 1:29 Col 2:1; 4:12 ↩
19. Colossians 1:29 Eph 1:19; Col 2:12 ↩
20. Colossians 1:29 Lit working ↩
21. Colossians 1:29 Lit in power ↩

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