24 (A)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh (B)I [a]do my share on behalf of (C)His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking [b]in Christ’s afflictions. 25 (D)Of this church I [c]was made a minister according to the (E)stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might [d]fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, 26 that is, (F)the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His [e]saints,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:24 Or representatively...fill up
  2. Colossians 1:24 Lit of
  3. Colossians 1:25 Lit became
  4. Colossians 1:25 Lit make full the word of God
  5. Colossians 1:26 Or holy ones