Colossians 1
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Colossians 1:23-25

23ifG1487 indeedG1065 you continueG1961 in 1the faithG4102 firmlyG2311 2establishedG2311 and steadfastG1476, and not shiftingG3334 from the 3hopeG1680 of the gospelG2098 that you have heardG191, which was proclaimedG2784 4in allG3956 creationG2937 underG5259 heavenG3772, 5and of whichG3739 I, PaulG3972, 6was madeG1096 a 78ministerG1249.

249NowG3568 I rejoiceG5463 in my sufferingsG3804 forG5228 your sakeG5228, and in my fleshG4561 10I am supplementingG466 whatG5303 isG5303 lackingG5303 11in Christ’sG5547 afflictionsG2347 inG5228 behalfG5228 of 12His bodyG4983, whichG3739 is the churchG1577. 2513I 14was madeG1096 a ministerG1249 of thisG3739 church accordingG2596 to the 15commissionG3622 from GodG2316 grantedG1325 to me for your benefitG1519, so that I might 16fullyG4137 carryG4137 outG4137 the preaching of the wordG3056 of GodG2316,

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Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 1:23 Or in faith ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:17; Col 2:7 ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 1:23 Col 1:5 ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 1:23 Mark 16:15; Acts 2:5; Col 1:6 ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 1:23 Eph 3:7; Col 1:25 ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 1:23 Lit became ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 1:23 Or servant ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 1:23 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 1:24 Rom 8:17; 2 Cor 1:5; 12:15; Phil 2:17 ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 1:24 2 Tim 1:8; 2:10 ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 1:24 Lit of ↩
  12. 12. Colossians 1:24 Col 1:18 ↩
  13. 13. Colossians 1:25 Col 1:23 ↩
  14. 14. Colossians 1:25 Lit became ↩
  15. 15. Colossians 1:25 Eph 3:2 ↩
  16. 16. Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God ↩

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