New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 1:22-29

22yet He has now 1reconciled you in His 2body of flesh 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 shifting 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 am supplementing what is lacking 15in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of 16His body, which is the church. 25 17I 18was made a minister of this church according to the 19commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might 20fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, 26that is, 21the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His 22saints, 27to whom 23God willed to make known what 24the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is 25Christ in you, the 26hope of glory. 28We proclaim Him, 27admonishing every person and teaching every person 28with all 29wisdom, so that we may 30present every person 31 32complete in Christ. 29For this purpose I also 33labor, 34striving 35according to His 36power which 37works mightily 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 Lit of ↩
16. Colossians 1:24 Col 1:18 ↩
17. Colossians 1:25 Col 1:23 ↩
18. Colossians 1:25 Lit became ↩
19. Colossians 1:25 Eph 3:2 ↩
20. Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God ↩
21. Colossians 1:26 Rom 16:25f; Eph 3:3f; Col 2:2; 4:3 ↩
22. Colossians 1:26 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
23. Colossians 1:27 Matt 13:11 ↩
24. Colossians 1:27 Eph 1:7, 18; 3:16 ↩
25. Colossians 1:27 Rom 8:10 ↩
26. Colossians 1:27 1 Tim 1:1 ↩
27. Colossians 1:28 Acts 20:31; Col 3:16 ↩
28. Colossians 1:28 Lit in ↩
29. Colossians 1:28 1 Cor 2:6f; Col 2:3 ↩
30. Colossians 1:28 Col 1:22 ↩
31. Colossians 1:28 Or perfect ↩
32. Colossians 1:28 Matt 5:48; Eph 4:13 ↩
33. Colossians 1:29 1 Cor 15:10 ↩
34. Colossians 1:29 Col 2:1; 4:12 ↩
35. Colossians 1:29 Eph 1:19; Col 2:12 ↩
36. Colossians 1:29 Lit working ↩
37. Colossians 1:29 Lit in power ↩

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