New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 1:21-28

21And although you were 1previously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds, 22yet He has now 2reconciled you in His 3body of flesh through death, in order to 4present you before Him 5holy and blameless and beyond reproach-- 23if indeed you continue in 6the faith firmly 7established and steadfast, and not shifting from the 8hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed 9in all creation under heaven, 10and of which I, Paul, 11was made a 12 13minister.

24 14Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh 15I am supplementing what is lacking 16in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of 17His body, which is the church. 25 18I 19was made a minister of this church according to the 20commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might 21fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, 26that is, 22the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His 23saints, 27to whom 24God willed to make known what 25the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is 26Christ in you, the 27hope of glory. 28We proclaim Him, 28admonishing every person and teaching every person 29with all 30wisdom, so that we may 31present every person 32 33complete in Christ.

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Notes

1. Colossians 1:21 Rom 5:10; Eph 2:3, 12 ↩
2. Colossians 1:22 2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16 ↩
3. Colossians 1:22 Rom 7:4 ↩
4. Colossians 1:22 Eph 5:27; Col 1:28 ↩
5. Colossians 1:22 Eph 1:4 ↩
6. Colossians 1:23 Or in faith ↩
7. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:17; Col 2:7 ↩
8. Colossians 1:23 Col 1:5 ↩
9. Colossians 1:23 Mark 16:15; Acts 2:5; Col 1:6 ↩
10. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:7; Col 1:25 ↩
11. Colossians 1:23 Lit became ↩
12. Colossians 1:23 Or servant ↩
13. Colossians 1:23 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
14. Colossians 1:24 Rom 8:17; 2 Cor 1:5; 12:15; Phil 2:17 ↩
15. Colossians 1:24 2 Tim 1:8; 2:10 ↩
16. Colossians 1:24 Lit of ↩
17. Colossians 1:24 Col 1:18 ↩
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 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
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 ↩

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