22 but now you have been reconciled by his physical body through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,
25 of which I became a minister, according to God’s stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,
26 the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints,
27 to whom God wanted to make known what is the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
28 whom we proclaim, by admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ,