Colossians 1:25

World English Bible (2000)

of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 3:2 : 2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
  • Col 1:23 : 23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
  • 2 Tim 4:2-5 : 2 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts; 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables. 5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
  • Rom 15:15-19 : 15 But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God, 16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God's Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;
  • Gal 2:7-8 : 7 but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcision 8 (for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);
  • 1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

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

    2 if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;

    3 how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

    4 by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ;

  • Eph 3:7-9
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    7 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

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

    9 and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

  • Col 1:23-24
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    23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

    24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly;

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

  • 1 Tim 1:11-12
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    11 according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

    12 And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

  • Rom 15:15-18
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    15 But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

    16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

    18 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

    27 to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

  • Rom 16:25
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  • Phlm 1:13
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    13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

  • Eph 1:9-10
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    9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

    10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

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

    12 Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News;

    13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

  • 1 Cor 9:17
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    17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

  • Gal 1:15-16
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    15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,

    16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,

  • Titus 1:3
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    3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19 on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

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

  • Phil 1:30
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    30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.

  • Rom 1:1
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    1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

  • Acts 20:24
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    24 But these things don't count; nor do I hold 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 fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

  • Acts 26:17
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    17 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

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    15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

  • Rom 11:13
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    13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1 It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,

  • Eph 4:12
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    12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

  • Col 1:29
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    29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

  • 2 Cor 9:12
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    12 For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;

  • 1 Tim 2:7
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    7 to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

  • Eph 1:23
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    23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

  • Col 1:7
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    7 even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,

  • 2 Cor 5:18
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    18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

  • Rom 1:5
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    5 through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

  • 1 Cor 15:10
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    10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.