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23 But you must keep on believing and stand strong and true. Let nothing shake the hope which the good news brought you. You heard the same good news as is told to everyone in the whole world. I, Paul, was given the work of telling that same good news.

24 And now, even though I suffer for you, I am happy. There are still some things for Christ to suffer in his body, which is the church. So I am glad to take my share of his suffering in my body.

25 God gave me work to do for the church people so that you might know all of God's message.

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23 if you continue(A) in your faith, established(B) and firm, and do not move from the hope(C) held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,(D) and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.(E)

Paul’s Labor for the Church

24 Now I rejoice(F) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,(G) for the sake of his body, which is the church.(H) 25 I have become its servant(I) by the commission God gave me(J) to present to you the word of God(K) in its fullness—

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23 if indeed you continue (A)in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are (B)not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, (C)which was preached to every creature under heaven, (D)of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Sacrificial Service for Christ

24 (E)I now rejoice in my sufferings (F)for you, and fill up in my flesh (G)what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for (H)the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to (I)the [a]stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:25 dispensation or administration

23 Но только вы должны стоять на твёрдом основании веры и не изменять надежде, которую вам дала услышанная вами Радостная Весть, возвещённая всем живущим под небесами. А я, Паул, – служитель этой Радостной Вести.

Жертвенное служение Паула общинам верующих

24 Теперь я радуюсь в моих страданиях за вас. Я в своём теле восполняю ту меру страданий Масиха, которая предназначена мне, ради Его тела, то есть ради вселенской общины Его последователей. 25 Я стал её служителем по поручению Всевышнего, чтобы представить вам во всей полноте Его слово,

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