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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,
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A God-Made Minister
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon emphasize that Paul was "made a minister" by God, not by human appointment. This highlights that true ministry is a divine calling and a direct commission from God. Paul viewed his role not as a job he chose, but as a sacred responsibility given to him for the benefit of the church.
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Colossians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
According to the dispensation of God. The arrangement which God has made. That is, he designed that the gospel should be preached to the G…
According to the dispensation of God (κατα την οικονομιαν του θεου). "According to the economy of God." An old word from οικονομεω…
19th Century
Anglican
Of which I am made (or, became) a minister.—Above () St. Paul describes himself as a “minister of the go…
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Baptist
Of which I have been made a minister, according to the stewardship of God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; even the m…
Elsewhere Paul speaks of himself as a minister of the Gospel (v.23; Ephesians 3:7), of God (2 Corinthians 6:4), of Christ (…
16th Century
Protestant
Of which I am made a minister. Note under what character he suffers for the Church — as being a minister, not to give th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whereof I am made a minister : Not of Christ, or of the Gospel as before, though both were true; but of the churches for …
Both the sufferings of the Head and of the members are called the sufferings of Christ, and make up, as it were, one body of sufferings. But He suf…
13th Century
Catholic
After Paul commended Christ in relation to God, to all creation, to the entire Church, and to the Colossians themselves, he now commends Christ in …
