Colossians 1:23
Good News Translation
You must, of course, continue faithful on a firm and sure foundation, and must not allow yourselves to be shaken from the hope you gained when you heard the gospel. It is of this gospel that I, Paul, became a servant--this gospel which has been preached to everybody in the world.

New Revised Standard Version
provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel.

Contemporary English Version
But you must stay deeply rooted and firm in your faith. You must not give up the hope you received when you heard the good news. It was preached to everyone on earth, and I myself have become a servant of this message.

New American Bible
provided that you persevere in the faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If so ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and immoveable from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, which is preached in all the creation that is under heaven: whereof I Paul am made a minister.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If so ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and immoveable from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, which is preached in all the creation that is under heaven: whereof I Paul am made a minister.

ye continue.

Psalm 92:13,14 They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. . . .

Psalm 125:5 But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel.

Ezekiel 18:26 For when the just turneth himself away from his justice, and comitteth iniquity, he shall die therein: in the injustice that he hath wrought he shall die.

Hosea 6:3,4 He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth. . . .

Zephaniah 1:6 And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.

Matthew 24:13 But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.

Luke 8:13-15 Now they upon the rock are they who when they hear receive the word with joy: and these have no roots: for they believe for a while and in time of temptation they fall away. . . .

Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.

John 8:30-32 When he spoke these things, many believed in him. . . .

John 15:9,10 As the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you. Abide in my love. . . .

Acts 11:23 Who, when he was come and had seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the Lord.

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith: and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

Romans 2:7 To them indeed who, according to patience in good work, seek glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life:

Galatians 4:11 I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among you.

Galatians 5:7 You did run well. What hath hindered you, that you should not obey the truth?

Galatians 6:9 And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.

1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this cause also, I, forbearing no longer, sent to know your faith: lest perhaps he that tempteth should have tempted you: and our labour should be made vain.

Hebrews 3:6,14 But Christ, as the Son in his own house: which house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and glory of hope unto the end. . . .

Hebrews 4:14 Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession.

Hebrews 10:38 But my just man liveth by faith: but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please my soul.

1 Peter 1:5 Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

2 Peter 2:18-22 For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness those who for a little while escape, such as converse in error: . . .

1 John 2:27 And as for you, let the unction, which you have received from him abide in you. And you have no need that any man teach you: but as his unction teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lie. And as it hath taught you, abide in him.

Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death: and I will give thee the crown of life.

grounded.

Colossians 2:7 Rooted and built up in him and confirmed in the faith, as also you have learned: abounding in him in thanksgiving.

Matthew 7:24,25 Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock, . . .

Luke 6:48 He is like to a man building a house, who digged deep and laid the foundation upon a rock. And when a flood came, the stream beat vehemently upon that house: and it could not shake it: for it was founded on a rock.

Ephesians 2:21 In whom all the building, being framed together, groweth up into an holy temple in the Lord.

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,

Ephesians 4:16 From whom the whole body, being compacted and fitly joined together, by what every joint supplieth, according to the operation in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in charity.

moved.

John 15:6 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch and shall wither: and they shall gather him up and cast him into the fire: and he burneth.

Acts 20:24 But I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course and the ministry of the word which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable: always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 3:3 That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

the hope.

Colossians 1:5 For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Romans 5:5 And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost who is given to us.

Galatians 5:5 For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice.

Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of your heart enlightened that you may know what the hope is of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breast plate of faith and charity and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope in grace,

Titus 3:7 That, being justified by his grace, we may be heirs according to hope of life everlasting.

Hebrews 6:19 Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within the veil:

1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

1 John 3:1-3 Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him. . . .

to.

Colossians 1:6 Which is come unto you, as also it is in the whole world and bringeth forth fruit and groweth, even as it doth in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations: and then shall the consummation come.

Mark 16:15 And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Romans 10:18 But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the whole world.

under.

Deuteronomy 2:25 This day will I begin to send the dread and fear of thee upon the nations that dwell under the whole heaven: that when they hear thy name they may fear and tremble, and be in pain like women in travail.

Deuteronomy 4:19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.

Lamentations 3:66 Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.

Acts 2:5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved.

whereof.

Colossians 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given me towards you, that I may fulfil the word of God:

Acts 1:17,25 Who was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. . . .

Acts 26:16 But rise up and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee a minister and a witness of those things which thou hast seen and of those things wherein I will appear to thee,

Romans 15:16 That I should be the minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles: sanctifying the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and sanctified in the Holy Ghost.

1 Corinthians 4:1-3 Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter but in the spirit. For the letter killeth: but the spirit quickeneth.

2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministration, according as we have obtained mercy, we faint not.

2 Corinthians 5:18-20 But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:1 And we helping do exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain.

2 Corinthians 11:23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less wise): I am more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.

Ephesians 3:7,8 Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power. . . .

1 Timothy 1:12 I give him thanks who hath strengthened me, even to Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he hath counted me faithful, putting me in the ministry:

1 Timothy 2:7 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle (I say the truth, I lie not), a doctor of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11,12 Wherein I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles. . . .

2 Timothy 4:5,6 But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober. . . .

Context
The Supremacy of Christ
22Yet now he hath reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unspotted and blameless before him: 23If so ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and immoveable from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, which is preached in all the creation that is under heaven: whereof I Paul am made a minister. 24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:…
Cross References
Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations: and then shall the consummation come.

Mark 16:15
And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Acts 1:8
But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.

Acts 2:5
Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

Romans 10:18
But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the whole world.

1 Corinthians 3:5
The ministers of him whom you have believed: and to every one as the Lord hath given.

2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I Paul, myself beseech you, by the mildness and modesty of Christ: who in presence indeed am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

Ephesians 3:7
Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power.

Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,

Colossians 1:5
For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Colossians 1:6
Which is come unto you, as also it is in the whole world and bringeth forth fruit and groweth, even as it doth in you, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth.

Colossians 1:25
Whereof I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given me towards you, that I may fulfil the word of God:

Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him and confirmed in the faith, as also you have learned: abounding in him in thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 3:16
And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

Colossians 1:22
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