Colossians 1:25

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God– given to me for you– in order to complete 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 indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
• Col 1:23 : 23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
• 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,
• 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
• 2 Tim 4:2-5 : 2 Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction. 3 For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. 4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. 5 You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.
• Rom 15:15-19 : 15 But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
• Gal 2:7-8 : 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised 8 (for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)
• 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.