“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;”
Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship of God that was given to me for you to make the word of God fully known — Paul's ministry is kathaios (according to) divine stewardship (oikonomia, household-management). 'Given to me for you' shows his apostolate is Colossi-directed. 'To make the word of God fully known' (plērophorēō) uses fullness-language: he completes gospel proclamation. His service is cosmic in scope but particular in audience.
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