25 (A)of which I became a minister according to (B)the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,

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assuming that you have heard of (A)the stewardship of (B)God's grace that was given to me for you,

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23 (A)if indeed you continue in the faith, (B)stable and steadfast, not shifting from (C)the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed (D)in all creation[a] under heaven, (E)and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

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  1. Colossians 1:23 Or to every creature

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; (A)reprove, rebuke, and (B)exhort, with complete patience and teaching. (C)For the time is coming when people will not endure (D)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and (E)will turn away from listening to the truth and (F)wander off into myths. As for you, (G)always be sober-minded, (H)endure suffering, do the work of (I)an evangelist, (J)fulfill your ministry.

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  1. 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy

On the contrary, when they saw that I had been (A)entrusted with (B)the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

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A Good Servant of Christ Jesus

(A)If you put these things before the brothers,[a] you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have (B)followed.

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:6 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

and we (A)sent Timothy, (B)our brother and God's coworker[a] in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 3:2 Some manuscripts servant

15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, (A)because of the grace given me by God 16 to be (B)a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles (C)in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that (D)the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have (E)reason to be proud of (F)my work for God. 18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except (G)what Christ has accomplished through me (H)to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 (I)by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that (J)from Jerusalem and all the way around (K)to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;

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17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with (A)a stewardship.

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