Colossians 1:24-2:5.
Colossians 1:24-2:5 (Good News Translation)
24And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my
physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of
Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, the church.
25And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave
me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming
his message,
26which is the secret he hid through all past ages from all
human beings but has now revealed to his people.
27God's plan is to make known his secret to his people, this
rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is
that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of
God.
28So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we
warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a
mature individual in union with Christ.
29To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty
strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.
1Let me tell you how hard I have worked for you and for the
people in Laodicea and for all others who do not know me personally.
2I do this in order that they may be filled with courage and
may be drawn together in love, and so have the full wealth of assurance
which true understanding brings. In this way they will know God's secret,
which is Christ himself.
3He is the key that opens all the hidden treasures of God's
wisdom and knowledge.
4I tell you, then, do not let anyone deceive you with false
arguments, no matter how good they seem to be.
5For even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in
spirit, and I am glad as I see the resolute firmness with which you stand
together in your faith in Christ.
God bless you.
24And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my
physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of
Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, the church.
25And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave
me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming
his message,
26which is the secret he hid through all past ages from all
human beings but has now revealed to his people.
27God's plan is to make known his secret to his people, this
rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is
that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of
God.
28So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we
warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a
mature individual in union with Christ.
29To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty
strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.
1Let me tell you how hard I have worked for you and for the
people in Laodicea and for all others who do not know me personally.
2I do this in order that they may be filled with courage and
may be drawn together in love, and so have the full wealth of assurance
which true understanding brings. In this way they will know God's secret,
which is Christ himself.
3He is the key that opens all the hidden treasures of God's
wisdom and knowledge.
4I tell you, then, do not let anyone deceive you with false
arguments, no matter how good they seem to be.
5For even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in
spirit, and I am glad as I see the resolute firmness with which you stand
together in your faith in Christ.
God bless you.
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