Colossians 1:25 BSB

Colossians 1:25

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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,

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

According to the dispensation of God - The arrangement which God has made. That is, he designed that the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles, and, in accordance with that arrangement, he has called me to be a minister. Notes, Eph 3:2. To fulfil the word of God - Margin, “fully to preach.” The Greek is, “to fill up the word of God;” the meaning is, “fully to teach and promulgate the gospel;” compare the notes at Rom 15:19.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἧς	hēs	of which	G3739 →
ἐγενόμην	egenomēn	became	G1096 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
διάκονος	diakonos	a minister	G1249 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
οἰκονομίαν	oikonomian	administration	G3622 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
τὴν	tēn	which	G3588 →
δοθεῖσάν	dotheisan	having been given	G1325 →
μοι	moi	me	G3165 →
εἰς	eis	toward	G1519 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
πληρῶσαι	plērōsai	to complete	G4137 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λόγον	logon	word	G3056 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ,	theou	of God,	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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,…
leads to
- Hebrews 3:14
  We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
- Hebrews 3:6
  But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- Matthew 24:13–14
  But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Galatians 6:9
  Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- Hebrews 10:38
  But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
Through
Ephesians 3:2
Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:11
  that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
- Colossians 1:25–27
  I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
Through
1 Thessalonians 3:2
We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
leads to
- Acts 14:22–23
  strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.