New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Colossians 1:25
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I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
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Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
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of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
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of which I became a minister according to the administration of God having been given to me toward you⁺, to fulfill the word of God,
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Colossians 1
23 if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
25 I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
26 the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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