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22 he has now reconciled[a] in his fleshly body[b] through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,(A) 23 provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature[c] under heaven. I, Paul, became a minister of this gospel.(B)

Paul’s Interest in the Colossians

24 I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.22 Other ancient authorities read you have now been reconciled
  2. 1.22 Gk in the body of his flesh
  3. 1.23 Or in all creation