Servants of Christ

This is the way any person is to regard us: as (A)servants of Christ and (B)stewards of (C)the mysteries of God.

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The Nature of True Apostleship

This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants(A) of Christ and as those entrusted(B) with the mysteries(C) God has revealed.

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But on the contrary, seeing that I had been (A)entrusted with the (B)gospel [a]to the uncircumcised, just as (C)Peter had been [b]to the circumcised

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:7 Lit of the uncircumcision; i.e., to Gentiles
  2. Galatians 2:7 Lit of the circumcision; i.e., to Jews

On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task(A) of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[a](B) just as Peter(C) had been to the circumcised.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:7 That is, Gentiles
  2. Galatians 2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9

if indeed you have heard of the (A)administration of God’s grace which was given to me for you;

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Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me(A) for you,

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16 the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the (A)gospel;

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16 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.(A)

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25 (A)I [a]was made a minister of this church according to the (B)commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might [b]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:25 Lit became
  2. Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God

25 I have become its servant(A) by the commission God gave me(B) to present to you the word of God(C) in its fullness—

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