that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole
creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been
appointed to serve.
001:024 Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up
in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions
on behalf of His Body, the Church.
001:025 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--
001:026 the truth which has been kept secret from all ages and generations,
but has now been revealed to His people,
001:027 to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth
of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--
the truth that `Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'
001:028 Him we preach, admonishing every one and instructing every one,
with all possible wisdom, so that we may bring every one into
God's presence, made perfect through Christ.
001:029 To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my
strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily
at work within me.
002:001 For I would have you know in how severe a struggle I am engaged
on behalf of you and the brethren in Laodicea and of all
who have not known me personally,
002:002 in order that their hearts may be cheered, they themselves
being welded together in love and enjoying all the advantages
of a reasonable certainty, till at last they attain the full
knowledge of God's truth, which is Christ Himself.
002:003 In Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are stored up,
hidden from view.
002:004 I say this to prevent your being misled by any