Colossians 1:25
Colossians 1:24-25 The Message (MSG)
I want you to know how glad I am that it’s me sitting here in this jail and not you. There’s a lot of suffering to be entered into in this world—the kind of suffering Christ takes on. I welcome the chance to take my share in the church’s part of that suffering. When I became a servant in this church, I experienced this suffering as a sheer gift, God’s way of helping me serve you, laying out the whole truth.
Colossians 1:25 King James Version (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
Colossians 1:25 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
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
Colossians 1:25 New Century Version (NCV)
I became a servant of the church because God gave me a special work to do that helps you, and that work is to tell fully the message of God.
Colossians 1:25 American Standard Version (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
Colossians 1:25 New International Version (NIV)
I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness
Colossians 1:25 New King James Version (NKJV)
of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God
Colossians 1:25 Amplified Bible (AMP)
In this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me for your sake, so that I might make the word of God fully known [among you]
Colossians 1:25 New Living Translation (NLT)
God has given me the responsibility of serving his church by proclaiming his entire message to you.