Colossians 1:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

Of which I was made a minister, according to the stewardship of God given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;

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  • Eph 3:2 : 2 If you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you:
  • Col 1:23 : 23 If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature under heaven; of which I, Paul, am made a minister;
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith:
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you remind the brethren of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which you have attained.
  • 2 Tim 4:2-5 : 2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables. 5 But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
  • Rom 15:15-19 : 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written to you more boldly in part, to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God, 16 That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in making the Gentiles obedient by word and deed, 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so from Jerusalem and all around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
  • Gal 2:7-8 : 7 But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised was committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter; 8 (For He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked mightily in me toward the Gentiles:)
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 3:1-4
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    1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

    2If you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you:

    3How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery; (as I have written briefly already,

    4By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

  • Eph 3:7-9
    3 verses
    81%

    7Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

    8To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

    9And to make all people see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

  • Col 1:23-24
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    23If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature under heaven; of which I, Paul, am made a minister;

    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

  • 11To which I am appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

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    11According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

    12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

  • Rom 15:15-18
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    77%

    15Nevertheless, brethren, I have written to you more boldly in part, to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God,

    16That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God.

    18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in making the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,

  • Col 1:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26Even the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Rom 16:25-26
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    25Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret since the world began,

    26But now is revealed, and by the prophetic scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

  • 13Whom I wished to keep with me, so that he might minister to me in your place in my chains for the gospel:

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

    10That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in Him:

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

    12But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel;

    13So that my chains in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

  • 17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

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

    16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

  • 3But has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was entrusted to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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

  • 30Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

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

  • 24But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

  • 17Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

  • 15Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love for all the saints,

  • 13For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

  • 8Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting,

  • 1Concerning the service to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you:

  • 12For the equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ:

  • 29To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.

  • 12For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but is also abundant through many thanksgivings to God;

  • 7For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • 30But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—

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

  • 7As you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;

  • 18And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

  • 5Through whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for His name;

  • 10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.