New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 1:25-29

25 1I 2was madeG1096 a ministerG1249 of thisG3739 church accordingG2596 to the 3commissionG3622 from GodG2316 grantedG1325 to me for your benefitG1519, so that I might 4fullyG4137 carryG4137 outG4137 the preaching of the wordG3056 of GodG2316,

26that is, 5the mysteryG3466 which had been hiddenG613 from the past agesG165 and generationsG1074, but nowG3568 has been revealedG5319 to His 6saintsG40,

27to whomG3739 7GodG2316 willedG2309 to makeG1107 knownG1107 whatG5101 8the wealthG4149 of the gloryG1391 of thisG3778 mysteryG3466 amongG1722 the GentilesG1484 is, the mystery that is 9ChristG5547 in you, the 10hopeG1680 of gloryG1391.

28We proclaimG2605 Him, 11admonishingG3560 everyG3956 personG444 and teachingG1321 everyG3956 personG444 12with allG3956 13wisdomG4678, soG2443 thatG2443 we may 14presentG3936 everyG3956 personG444 15 16completeG5046 in ChristG5547.

29For thisG3739 purpose I alsoG2532 17laborG2872, 18strivingG75 19accordingG2596 to His 20powerG1753 which 21worksG1754 mightilyG1411 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 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
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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