Colossians 1:23

²¹ Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.

²² But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

²⁵ I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
KJV: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
WEB: if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which [is] under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.
BLB: if indeed you⁺ continue in the faith, established and steadfast, and not being moved away from the hope of the gospel that you⁺ heard, the one having been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

ÅB: så sant dere blir ved i troen, grunnfestet og faste, og ikke lar dere rokke fra det håp evangeliet gir, det som dere har hørt, som er blitt forkynt for enhver skapning under himmelen, og som jeg, Paulus, er blitt tjener for.
OTB: hvis dere fortsetter i deres tro, etablert og faste, og ikke skifter fra håpet som tilbys av evangeliet. Dette er evangeliet som dere hørte og som har blitt forkynt for enhver skapning under himmelen, og som jeg, Paulus, har blitt en tjener av.
B1930: så sant I blir ved i troen, grunnfestet og faste, og ikke lar eder rokke fra det håp evangeliet gir, det som I har hørt, som er blitt forkynt for enhver skapning under himmelen, og som jeg, Paulus, er blitt tjener for.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 3:14
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
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Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
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Matthew 24:13–14
But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
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Galatians 6:9
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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Hebrews 10:38
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
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Colossians 1:5–6
the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
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Romans 10:18
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
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