22 but now you have been reconciled[a] by his physical body[b] through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Paul’s Suffering and Stewardship

24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:22 Some manuscripts have “he has reconciled you
  2. Colossians 1:22 Literally “the body of his flesh”