Colossians 1:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἧς ἐγενόμην ἐγὼ διάκονος, κατὰ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι εἰς ὑμᾶς, πληρῶσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ·

Transliteration

Of which egenomēn I diakonos, according to the oikonomian of Theou the having been dotheisan to me for you, to plērōsai the logon of Theou;

Grammar Details

*egenomēn*: aorist, middle, indicative, 1st person singular - I became
*diakonos*: nominative, masculine, singular - servant
*oikonomian*: accusative, feminine, singular - stewardship, standard
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God, possessive
*dotheisan*: aorist, passive, participle, accusative, feminine, singular - having been given
*plērōsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to fulfill
*logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word, direct object

Word Meanings

*egenomēn*: became/was made/came to be
*diakonos*: servant/minister/deacon
*oikonomian*: stewardship/administration/management
*dotheisan*: having been given/granted/entrusted
*plērōsai*: to fulfill/complete/accomplish fully
*logon*: word/message/account

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eph 3:2 : 2 if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
Col 1:23 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
1 Thess 3:2 : 2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed [until now]:
2 Tim 4:2-5 : 2 preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables. 5 But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.
Rom 15:15-19 : 15 But {G80} I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God, 16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
Gal 2:7-8 : 7 but contrariwise, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, even as Peter with [the gospel] of the circumcision 8 (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);
1 Cor 9:17 : 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.

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2if so be that ye have heard of the dispensation of that grace of God which was given me to you-ward;
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15But {G80} I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,
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17I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
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