Colossians 1:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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;

Am - Greek, 'I was made a minister:' resuming Colossians 1:23, end. There it was of the Gospel; here, of the Church: to be a minister of the Church is to be a minister of the Gospel.

Dispensation, х teen (G3588) oikonomian (G3622)] - the stewardship committed to me to dispense in the house of God, the Church, to the whole family of believers: my Master's goods (Luke 12:42; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 1 Corinthians 9:17; Ephesians 3:2).

Which is given, х teen (G3588) dotheisan (G1325)] - 'which was given.'

For you, х eis (G1519) humas (G5209)] - with a view to you, Gentiles (Colossians 1:27; Romans 15:16; Romans 15:19).

To fulfil - to bring it fully to all: 'to fill up the measures of its foreordained universality' (Ellicott): the end of his stewardship. 'The fullness of Christ (Colossians 1:19) and that of the times (Ephesians 1:10) required him so to do' (Bengel).

Colossians 1:25

25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfild the word of God;