²¹Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil actions. ²²But now He has reconciled you by His physical body ^uthrough His death, ^vto present you holy, faultless, ^wand blameless before Him ^x— ²³if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith ^yand are not shifted away from the hope ^zof the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation ^aunder heaven, ^band I, Paul, ^chave become a servant of it.

Paul’s Ministry

²⁴Now I rejoice in my sufferings ^dfor you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, ^ethat is, the church. ²⁵I have become its servant, according to God’s administration that was given to me for you, to make God’s message 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 ^fin you, the hope ^gof glory. ²⁸We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Read in Logos

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

s1:20 Other add through Him
u1:22 His body of flesh on the cross

Cross references

o1:19 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
p1:19 Dt 12:5
q1:20 Ac 7:26; Eph 2:14
r1:20 Heb 9:12
t1:20 Lk 9:23; 23:26
v1:22 Php 2:8
w1:22 Jd 24
x1:22 2Co 4:14
y1:23 Gl 2:16; Jd 3
z1:23 1Th 1:3
a1:23 Rv 3:14
b1:23 Rm 10:18; Eph 6:9
c1:23 Ac 13:9
d1:24 2Co 1:4; Php 1:29; 3:10
e1:24 Eph 4:4
f1:27 Col 2:2
g1:27 1Th 1:3