Paul’s final prayer for the church at Colossae❣️ 21. You were once at odds with God, wicked in your ways and evil in your minds; 22. but now He has reconciled you in His body—in His flesh through His death—so that He can present you to God holy, blameless, and totally free of imperfection 23. as long as you stay planted in the faith. So don’t venture away from what you have heard and taken to heart: the living hope of the good news that has been announced to all creation under heaven and has captured me, Paul, as its servant. 24. Now I rejoice in what I’ve suffered on your behalf, but even more suffering is ahead for me as I take on and complete what remains of the Anointed’s suffering for the sake of His body, the church. 25. I am a servant appointed by God to preach the Word of God until it is known to you and all over—what I am talking about is nothing less than 26. the mystery of the ages! What was hidden for ages, generations and generations, is now being revealed to His holy ones. 27. He decided to make known to them His blessing to the nations; the glorious riches of this mystery is the indwelling of the Anointed in you! The very hope of glory.
28. We are preaching Him—spreading the Word to all with equal amounts of wise warning and instruction—so that, at the final judgment, we will be able to present everyone to the Creator fully mature because of what Jesus the Anointed, our Liberating King, has done. 29. This is why I continue to toil and struggle—because His amazing power and energy surge within me.
