Colossians
King James Version (KJV)
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;”
King James Version (KJV)
Colossians 1:25 Context
22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 23If 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; 24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: 25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
"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;" Colossians 1:25 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for 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;
Other Translations for Colossians 1:25
Bible Commentary for Colossians 1:25
Wesley's Notes for Colossians 1:25
1:25 According to the dispensation of God which is given me - Or, the stewardship with which I am intrusted.
People's Bible Notes for Colossians 1:25
Col 1:25 According to the dispensation. God made him a minister of the church. That ministry was a "stewardship" (dispensation) committed to him. He refers to the great responsibility of the apostolic office. He as a "steward of the grace of God" (Eph 3:2). To fulfil the word of God. Not only to do what the word required, but to preach the word everywhere.
Whereof I am made a Minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen to mee for you, to fulfill the word of God:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Of {this church} I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the {preaching of} the word of God,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,
- Basic English Bible
I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
of which *I* became minister, according to the dispensation of God which [is] given me towards you to complete the word of God,
- Darby Bible
Whereof I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given me towards you, that I may fulfil the word of God:
- Douay-Rheims Bible
whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfill the word of God,
- English Revised Version
of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,
- World English Bible