Colossians 1:25 KJV — MannaFest

Colossians 1:25

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;

KJV

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ASV

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,

WEB

I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

YLT

of which I--I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,

DBT

of which I became minister, according to the dispensation ofGod which [is] given me towards you to complete the word ofGod,

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Colossians — Christ is preeminent — creator and sustainer, the head of the body, the reconciler of all things. Against every philosophy and empty deceit, the full sufficiency of Christ.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 3:2
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Colossians 1:23
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
1 Timothy 1:12
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

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We are Christ's ministers for the good of his people, to fulfil the word of God (that is, fully to preach it), of which you will have the greater advantage. The more we fulfil our ministry, or fill up all the parts of it, the greater will be the benefit of the people; they will be the more filled with knowledge, and furnished for service." (3.) What kind of preacher Paul was.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Inscription and Apostolical Benediction. 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The inscription of this epistle is much the same with the rest; only it is observable that, 1.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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