Colossians 1:25 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁵ whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfill the word of God,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ In it I became a minister in accordance with the divine stewardship which was entrusted to me for you [as its object and for your benefit], to make the Word of God fully known [among you]–

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

Common English Bible

²⁵ I became a servant of the church by God’s commission, which was given to me for you, in order to complete God’s word.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ For I have become a minister of the Church, according to the dispensation of God that has been given to me among you, so that I may fulfill the Word of God,

Colossians 1:25 Cross References

Ephesians 3:2

if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;

Colossians 1:23

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

1 Timothy 4:6

If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now:

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

1 Corinthians 9:17

For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

Ephesians 3:7

whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.