Galatians 2:5
2:5 But
we did not surrender to them
even for a moment,
in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
Galatians 2:2
2:2 I went there
because of
a revelation and presented
to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so
only in a private meeting with the influential people,
to make sure that I was not running – or had not run
– in vain.
Colossians 1:16
1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
Colossians 1:5
1:5 Your faith and love have arisen
from the hope laid up
for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
Colossians 1:21-28
Paul’s Goal in Ministry
1:21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,
1:22 but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –
1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
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,
1:26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.
1:27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
1:28 We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.
Colossians 1:11
1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of
all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Colossians 1:20
1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Jude 1:3
Condemnation of the False Teachers
1:3 Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.