Colossians 1:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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,

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 3:2 : 2 If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,
  • Col 1:23 : 23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
  • 2 Tim 4:2-5 : 2 Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching; 3 For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them; 4 And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories. 5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
  • Rom 15:15-19 : 15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God, 16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit. 17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's. 18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act, 19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;
  • Gal 2:7-8 : 7 But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision 8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

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    1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

    2 If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

    3 How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

    4 By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

  • Eph 3:7-9
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    7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

    8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

    9 And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

  • Col 1:23-24
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    23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

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    11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

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    11 Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.

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    15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

    16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

    18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

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    26 The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

    27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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    25 Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

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    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • Eph 1:9-10
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    9 Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

    10 The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

  • Phil 1:11-13
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    11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

    12 Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

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    17 But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

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    15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

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    3 Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;

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    19 And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

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    24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

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    17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

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    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

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    29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

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    12 For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

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    7 And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.

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    23 Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

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    7 As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,

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    18 But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

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    10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.