Colossians 1:21-25
21 aAnd you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, bdoing evil deeds, 22he has now reconciled cin his body of flesh by his death, din order to present you holy and blameless and eabove reproach before him, 23 fif indeed you continue in the faith, gstable and steadfast, not shifting from hthe hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed iin all creation ▼▼Or to every creature
under heaven, kand of which I, Paul, became a minister. Paul’s Ministry to the Church
24Now lI rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh mI am filling up nwhat is lacking in Christ’s afflictions ofor the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25 pof which I became a minister according to qthe stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,
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