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Colossians 1:25

NETBible	I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship¹ from God – given to me for you – in order to complete² the word of God,
NIV © biblegateway Col 1:25	I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fulness—
NASB © biblegateway Col 1:25	Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
NLT © biblegateway Col 1:25	God has given me the responsibility of serving his church by proclaiming his message in all its fullness to you Gentiles.
MSG © biblegateway Col 1:25	When I became a servant in this church, I experienced this suffering as a sheer gift, God's way of helping me serve you, laying out the whole truth.
BBE © SABDAweb Col 1:25	Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,
NRSV © bibleoremus Col 1:25	I became its servant according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,
NKJV © biblegateway Col 1:25	of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,
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KJV	Whereof <3739> I <1473> am made <1096> (5633) a minister <1249>_, according to <2596> the dispensation <3622> of God <2316> which <3588> is given <1325> (5685) to me <3427> for <1519> you <5209>_, to fulfil <4137> (5658) the word <3056> of God <2316>_; {to fulfil...: or, fully to preach the word}
NASB © biblegateway Col 1:25	Of this church I was made <1096> a minister <1249> according <2596> to the stewardship <3622> from God <2316> bestowed <1325> on me for your benefit <1519> , so that I might fully <4137> carry <4137> out the preaching of the word <3056> of God <2316> ,
NET [draft] ITL	I <1473> became <1096> a servant <1249> of the church according to <2596> the stewardship <3622> from God <2316> – given <1325> to me <3427> for <1519> you <5209> – in order to complete <4137> the word <3056> of God <2316> ,
GREEK	hv <3739> R-GSF egenomhn <1096> (5633) V-2ADI-1S egw <1473> P-1NS diakonov <1249> N-NSM kata <2596> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF oikonomian <3622> N-ASF tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM thn <3588> T-ASF doyeisan <1325> (5685) V-APP-ASF moi <3427> P-1DS eiv <1519> PREP umav <5209> P-2AP plhrwsai <4137> (5658) V-AAN ton <3588> T-ASM logon <3056> N-ASM tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM

NETBible

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship¹ from God – given to me for you – in order to complete² the word of God,

NET Notes

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

²tn 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.