Colossians 1

Colossians 1:23

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not mored away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Which mercy of reconciliation and peace ye shall be sure to receive, if ye continue constantly firm in that true faith and Christian hope, which hath been wrought in you by the Gospel; which Gospel ye have had preached unto you; and not to you only hath it been taught, but to all the nations under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Colossians 1:24

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

Who now rejoice in those persecutions, which I suffer for your sake, yea for Christ’s: every Saint of God is a member of Christ’s body, and Christ therefore suffers in him: thus it is then with me; my afflictions are Christ’s; and I do, in suffering, fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ, in my flesh, for his Church’s sake:

Colossians 1:25

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;

Of which Church I am made a minister, according to the dispensation, which is committed to me of God, for your behoof; that I may fully deliver that errand which I have received, of preaching the Gospel to you, and to the rest of the Gentiles every where;

Colossians 1:26

Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

Even this mystery of salvation by Christ revealed to the Gentiles, which hath been hid from former ages and from the fore-passed generations of our forefathers; but now is made clearly manifest to his Saints:

Colossians 1:27

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

To whom God would make known, what is the glorious riches and treasure of this great mystery of the Gospel, for the salvation of the Gentiles, as well as of the chosen people of the Jews; the sum and substance of which mystery and Gospel, is Jesus Christ, in whom only ye have the hope of eternal glory.