²¹Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds as expressed in your evil actions. ²²But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death,^ak to present you holy, faultless,^al and blameless before him^am—²³if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith^an and are not shifted away from the hope^ao of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation^ap under heaven,^aq and I, Paul,^ar have become a servant of it.

PAUL’S MINISTRY

²⁴Now I rejoice in my sufferings^as for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body,^at that is, the church. ²⁵I have become its servant, according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, ²⁶the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. ²⁷God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ^a in you, the hope^b of glory. ²⁸We proclaim him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

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Colossians 1:27: To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Footnotes

AOther add through him

Cross references

af Ps 72:19; Is 6:3; Jr 23:24; Ezk 43:5; 44:4; Jn 1:14,16; Eph 3:19; Php 2:6; Col 2:9
ag Dt 12:5
ah Ac 7:26; Eph 2:14
ai Heb 9:12
aj Lk 9:23; 23:26
ak Php 2:8
al Jd 24
am 2Co 4:14
an Gl 2:16; Jd 3
ao 1Th 1:3
ap Rv 3:14
aq Rm 10:18; Eph 6:9
ar Ac 13:9
as 2Co 1:4; Php 1:29; 3:10
at Eph 4:4
a Col 2:2
b 1Th 1:3