Romans 15:19

15:19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Colossians 1:25

1:25 I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God – given to me for you – in order to complete the word of God,

Colossians 4:17

4:17 And tell Archippus, “See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord.”


tn BDAG 697 s.v. οἰκονομία 1.b renders the term here as “divine office.”

tn See BDAG 828 s.v. πληρόω 3. The idea here seems to be that the apostle wants to “complete the word of God” in that he wants to preach it to every person in the known world (cf. Rom 15:19). See P. T. O’Brien, Colossians, Philemon (WBC), 82.