Colossians 1:24-29, NIV
Map: ..rejoice..sufferings for you..servant; word of God..the mystery…hidden for ages now disclosed to the saints vs 26..glorious riches of this mystery which is Christ in you, the hope of glory; …struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.
Colossians 1:24-29
[24]And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of Christ’s sufferings on behalf of his body, the church.
[25]And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming his message,
[26]which is the secret he hid through all past ages from all the human race but has now revealed to his people.
[27]God’s plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God.
[28]So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God’s presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.
[29]To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.