Colossians 1:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἧς ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ διάκονος, κατὰ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι εἰς ὑμᾶς, πληρῶσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ·

Transliteration

Of which egenomēn I diakonos, according to the oikonomian of Theou the having been dotheisan to me for you, to plērōsai the logon of Theou;

Grammar Details

• *egenomēn*: aorist, middle, indicative, 1st person singular - I became
• *diakonos*: nominative, masculine, singular - servant
• *oikonomian*: accusative, feminine, singular - stewardship, standard
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God, possessive
• *dotheisan*: aorist, passive, participle, accusative, feminine, singular - having been given
• *plērōsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to fulfill
• *logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word, direct object

Word Meanings

• *egenomēn*: became/was made/came to be
• *diakonos*: servant/minister/deacon
• *oikonomian*: stewardship/administration/management
• *dotheisan*: having been given/granted/entrusted
• *plērōsai*: to fulfill/complete/accomplish fully
• *logon*: word/message/account

Referenced Verses

• Eph 3:2 : 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
• Col 1:23 : 23 If 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;
• 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
• 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
• 2 Tim 4:2-5 : 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
• Rom 15:15-19 : 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, 16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
• Gal 2:7-8 : 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
• 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.