“Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;”
King James Version (KJV)
1:25 According to the dispensation of God which is given me - Or, the stewardship with which I am intrusted.
Col 1:25 According to the dispensation. God made him a minister of the church. That ministry was a "stewardship" (dispensation) committed to him. He refers to the great responsibility of the apostolic office. He as a "steward of the grace of God" (Eph 3:2). To fulfil the word of God. Not only to do what the word required, but to preach the word everywhere.
Whereof I am made a Minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen to mee for you, to fulfill the word of God:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
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,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
- American Standard Version (1901)
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,
- Basic English Bible
of which *I* became minister, according to the dispensation of God which [is] given me towards you to complete the word of God,
- Darby Bible
Of which I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;
- Webster's Bible
I have been appointed to serve the Church in the position of responsibility entrusted to me by God for your benefit, so that I may fully deliver God's Message--
- Weymouth Bible
of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,
- World English Bible
Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre bi the dispensacioun of God, that is youun to me in you,
- Wycliffe Bible
of which I -- I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,
- Youngs Literal Bible