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Colossians 1:23

James Moffatt - New Testament

that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.

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For we only participate in Christ provided that we keep firm to the very end the confidence with which we started,

Christ is faithful as a Son over God's house. Now we are this house of God, if we will only keep confident and proud of our hope.

Meantime my just man shall live on by his faith; if he shrinks back, my soul takes no delight in him.

Never let us grow tired of doing what is right, for if we do not faint we shall reap our harvest at the opportune season.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

May Christ dwell in your hearts as you have faith!

But, I ask, "Have they never heard?" Indeed they have. Their voice carried over all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

anchoring the soul to it safe and sure, as it enters the inner Presence behind the veil.

Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.

illuminating the eyes of your heart so that you can understand the hope to which He calls us, the wealth of his glorious heritage in the saints,

and he has further qualified me to be the minister of a new covenant — a covenant not of written law but of spirit; for the written law kills but the Spirit makes alive.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem.

Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

for I am a minister of the church by the divine commission which has been granted me in your interests, to make a full presentation of God's message —

If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned.

but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a life of hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession;

fixed and founded in him, confirmed in the faith as you have been taught it, and overflowing with thankfulness to God.

You were doing splendidly. Who was it that prevented you from obeying the Truth?

I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.

And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:

but the unction you received from him remains within you, and you really need no teaching from anyone; simply remain in him, for his unction teaches you about everything and is true and is no lie — remain in him, as it has taught you to do.

and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour.

that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs to the hope of life eternal."

and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.

I render thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has made me able for this; he considered me trustworthy and appointed me to the ministry,

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope,

but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet —

to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well;

as the entire Body is welded together and compacted by every joint with which it is supplied, the due activity of each part enables the Body to grow and build itself up in love.

in him the whole structure is welded together and rises into a sacred temple in the Lord,

for it is by faith that 'we' wait in the Spirit for the righteousness we hope for;

Why, you make me afraid I may have spent my labour on you for nothing!

Ministers of Christ? yes perhaps, but not as much as I am (I am mad to talk like this! ), with all my labours, with all my lashes, with all my time in prison — a record longer far than theirs. I have been often at the point of death;

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task.

as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

a hope which never disappoints us, since God's love floods our hearts through the holy Spirit which has been given to us.

eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,

Now get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you to my service as a witness to what you have seen and to the visions you shall have of me.

But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

When he came and saw the grace of God he rejoiced, and encouraged them all to hold by the Lord with heartfelt purpose

There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation."

to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place."

Judas did enter our number, he did get his allotted share of this our ministry.

He is like a man engaged in building a house, who dug deep down and laid his foundation on the rock; when a flood came, the river dashed against that house but could not shake it, for it had been well built.

Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;

You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

I appeal to you myself by the gentleness and consideration of Christ — the Paul who is 'humble enough to your face when he is with you, but outspoken enough when he gets away from you.'

And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."




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