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22 But now He reconciled you in the body of His flesh[a] through His death, that He might present you holy and without-blemish and blameless in His presence— 23 if indeed[b] you continue in the faith, having been founded, and steadfast, and not being moved-away from the hope of the good-news which you heard, the one having been proclaimed in[c] all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister[d].

I Am Suffering To Fulfill My Stewardship of God’s Now Revealed Mystery: Christ In You

24 Now I am rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling-up-in-turn[e] the things lacking from the afflictions of Christ[f], for the sake of His body, which is the church,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:22 That is, His fleshly body.
  2. Colossians 1:23 That is, assuming that.
  3. Colossians 1:23 That is, in the sphere of.
  4. Colossians 1:23 Or, servant.
  5. Colossians 1:24 That is, filling-up-on-my-part, in contrast to Christ’s part. Or, filling-up.
  6. Colossians 1:24 That is, lacking from the afflictions belonging to the Christ (Messiah’s full measure of sorrows, suffered personally while He was on earth, and by His people now); or, lacking from Christ’s afflictions (which He is now experiencing in union with His people); or, lacking from my afflictions for Christ.

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