Colossians 1:25

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I have become its servant according to the commission God gave me for you, to fully proclaim the word of God,

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  • Eph 3:2 : 2 surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
  • Col 1:23 : 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm, and do not move away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And we sent Timothy, our brother, and God's servant, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith.
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and the good teaching that you have followed.
  • 2 Tim 4:2-5 : 2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching. 3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they will gather teachers for themselves to satisfy their itching ears. 4 They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths. 5 But as for you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
  • Rom 15:15-19 : 15 Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points, to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me. 16 To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18 I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done. 19 By the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
  • Gal 2:7-8 : 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter was to the circumcised— 8 (For He who worked through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also worked through me for mine to the Gentiles)—
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.

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  • Eph 3:1-4
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    82%

    1For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

    2surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

    3that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I have briefly written about earlier.

    4By reading this, you are able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

  • Eph 3:7-9
    3 verses
    81%

    7Of this gospel I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me through the working of His power.

    8To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

    9and to bring to light for everyone the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

  • Col 1:23-24
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    23if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm, and do not move away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11For this purpose, I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  • 1 Tim 1:11-12
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    11in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which I have been entrusted with.

    12I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to His service.

  • Rom 15:15-18
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    77%

    15Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points, to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me.

    16To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

    18I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

    27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

  • Rom 16:25-26
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    25Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past.

    26But now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the nations might believe and obey him—

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13I wanted to keep him with me so that he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel on your behalf.

  • Eph 1:9-10
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    9He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ,

    10for the administration of the fullness of the times, to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth—in Him.

  • Phil 1:11-13
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    74%

    11Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

    12Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.

    13As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

  • 1 Cor 9:17
    74%

    17If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.

  • Gal 1:15-16
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    15But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

    16to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

  • Titus 1:3
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    3At the proper time, He revealed His word through preaching, which I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior.

  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19Pray also for me, that words may be given to me to proclaim the mystery of the gospel boldly.

    20For which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • Rom 1:1
    73%

    1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

  • Acts 20:24
    73%

    24'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'

  • Acts 26:17
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    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,

  • Eph 1:15
    73%

    15For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • Rom 11:13
    72%

    13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry.

  • Phlm 1:8
    72%

    8For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

  • 2 Cor 9:1
    72%

    1Indeed, concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

  • Eph 4:12
    72%

    12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,

  • Col 1:29
    72%

    29To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.

  • 2 Cor 9:12
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    12For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

  • 1 Tim 2:7
    72%

    7For this purpose, I was appointed as a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
    72%

    30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

  • Eph 1:23
    72%

    23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

  • Col 1:7
    72%

    7You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

  • 2 Cor 5:18
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    18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

  • Rom 1:5
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    5Through Him, we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of His name among all the nations,

  • 1 Cor 15:10
    72%

    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.