¹⁹because he was well pleased for all the fullness to dwell in him, ²⁰and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by^* making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

²¹And although you were formerly alienated^d^* and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds, ²²but now you have been reconciled^e by his physical body^f through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, ²³if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Paul’s Suffering and Stewardship

²⁴Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church, ²⁵of which I became a minister, according to God’s stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God, ²⁶the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints, ²⁷to whom God wanted to make known what is the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, ²⁸whom we proclaim, by^* admonishing every person^g and teaching every person^h with all wisdom, in order that we may present every personⁱ 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

*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“making peace”) which is understood as means
dLiterally “and you formerly being alienated”
*Here the participle (“being”) is understood as concessive
eSome manuscripts have “he has reconciled you”
fLiterally “the body of his flesh”
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“admonishing”) which is understood as means
gLiterally “man,” used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender
hLiterally “man,” used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender
iLiterally “man,” used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender