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Col. 1:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
eige (Greek #1489)
if indeed, seeing that, unless, (with negative) otherwise
KJV usage: if (so be that, yet).
Pronounce: i'-gheh
Origin: from 1487 and 1065
ye continuei in
epimeno (Greek #1961)
to stay over, i.e. remain (figuratively, persevere)
KJV usage: abide (in), continue (in), tarry.
Pronounce: ep-ee-men'-o
Origin: from 1909 and 3306
the faith
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pistis (Greek #4102)
persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
KJV usage: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Pronounce: pis'-tis
Origin: from 3982
grounded
themelioo (Greek #2311)
to lay a basis for, i.e. (literally) erect, or (figuratively) consolidate
KJV usage: (lay the) found(- ation), ground, settle.
Pronounce: them-el-ee-o'-o
Origin: from 2310
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
settled
hedraios (Greek #1476)
sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable
KJV usage: settled, stedfast.
Pronounce: hed-rah'-yos
Origin: from a derivative of ἕζομαι (to sit)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
be not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
moved away
metakineo (Greek #3334)
to stir to a place elsewhere, i.e. remove (figuratively)
KJV usage: move away.
Pronounce: met-ak-ee-neh'-o
Origin: from 3326 and 2795
from
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
the hope
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
elpis (Greek #1680)
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
KJV usage: faith, hope.
Pronounce: el-pece'
Origin: from a primary ἔλπω (to anticipate, usually with pleasure)
of the gospel
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
euaggelion (Greek #2098)
a good message, i.e. the gospel
KJV usage: gospel.
Pronounce: yoo-ang-ghel'-ee-on
Origin: from the same as 2097
, which
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
ye have heard
akouo (Greek #191)
to hear (in various senses)
KJV usage: give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Pronounce: ak-oo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, and which was preached
kerusso (Greek #2784)
to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel)
KJV usage: preacher(-er), proclaim, publish.
Pronounce: kay-roos'-so
Origin: of uncertain affinity
to
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
every
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
m creature
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ktisis (Greek #2937)
original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: building, creation, creature, ordinance.
Pronounce: ktis'-is
Origin: from 2936
which is under
hupo (Greek #5259)
under, i.e. (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (underneath) or where (below) or time (when (at))
KJV usage: among, by, from, in, of, under, with. In the comparative, it retains the same general applications, especially of inferior position or condition, and specially, covertly or moderately.
Pronounce: hoop-o'
Origin: a primary preposition
heaven
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ouranos (Greek #3772)
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
KJV usage: air, heaven(-ly), sky.
Pronounce: oo-ran-os'
Origin: perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation)
; whereof
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
I
ego (Greek #1473)
a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic)
KJV usage: I, me. For the other cases and the plural see 1691, 1698, 1700, 2248, 2249, 2254, 2257, etc.
Pronounce: eg-o'
Paul
Paulos (Greek #3972)
(little; but remotely from a derivative of 3973, meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
KJV usage: Paul, Paulus.
Pronounce: pow'-los
Origin: of Latin origin
am made
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
a minister
diakonos (Greek #1249)
an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess)
KJV usage: deacon, minister, servant.
Pronounce: dee-ak'-on-os
Origin: probably from an obsolete διάκω (to run on errands; compare 1377)
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ye continue.
Psa. 92:13‑14• 13Planted in Jehovah's house,{HR}In the courts of our God, they shall flourish.
14Still shall they bear fruit in old age;{HR}Fat and green shall they be;
(Psa. 92:13‑14)
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Psa. 125:5• 5But those that turn to crooked ways{HR}Will Jehovah lead forth with the workers of iniquity.{HR}Peace [be] upon Israel. (Psa. 125:5)
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Ezek. 18:26• 26When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. (Ezek. 18:26)
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Hos. 6:3‑4• 3{i}And we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.{/i}
4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
(Hos. 6:3‑4)
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Zeph. 1:6• 6And them that are turned back from Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired for him. (Zeph. 1:6)
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Matt. 24:13• 13But he that endured to [the] end shall be saved. (Matt. 24:13)
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Luke 8:13‑15• 13{i}But those upon the rock, those who{/i} when they hear, receive the Word with joy, but having no root they believe only for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.
14{i}But that that fell where the thorns were, these are they who{/i} having heard, go away, and are choked under the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
15{i}But{/i} that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
(Luke 8:13‑15)
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Luke 22:32• 32but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not, and thou, when once turned back establish thy brethren. (Luke 22:32)
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John 8:30‑32• 30While he was speaking these things, many believed on him.
31Jesus therefore said to the Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
(John 8:30‑32)
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John 15:9‑10• 9As the Father loved me, I also loved you: abide in my love.
10I f ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
(John 15:9‑10)
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Acts 11:23• 23who on arriving and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide by the Lord. (Acts 11:23)
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Acts 14:22• 22establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting [them] to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)
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Rom. 2:7• 7to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life; (Rom. 2:7)
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Gal. 4:11• 11I am afraid of you, lest somehow I have laboured in vain as to you. (Gal. 4:11)
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Gal. 5:7• 7Ye were running well: who stopped you that ye should not obey the truth? (Gal. 5:7)
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Gal. 6:9• 9But in well-doing let us not be faint-hearted, for in due time we shall reap, if we do not faint. (Gal. 6:9)
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1 Thess. 3:5• 5On this account I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be in vain. (1 Thess. 3:5)
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Heb. 3:6,14• 6but Christ as Son over his house, whose house are we if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of the hope firm unto the end.
14For we are become companions of Christ if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the confidence firm unto the end.
(Heb. 3:6,14)
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Heb. 4:14• 14Having therefore a great high priest, passed as he hath through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession. (Heb. 4:14)
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Heb. 10:38• 38But the just shall live by faith; and if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. (Heb. 10:38)
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1 Peter 1:5• 5that are being guarded by God's power through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in a last season. (1 Peter 1:5)
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2 Peter 2:18‑22• 18For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error,
19promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is worsted, by him is he also held in bondage.
20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but again entangled and worsted thereby, the last for them is become worse than the first.
21For it were better for them not to have known well the way of righteousness than knowing well to have turned back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22[But] there hath happened to them the [saying] of the true proverb, A dog returned to his own vomit, and A sow washed into rolling in mire.
(2 Peter 2:18‑22)
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1 John 2:27• 27And as for you, the anointing which ye received from him abideth in you, and ye have no need that anyone should teach you; but as the same anointing teacheth you, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him. (1 John 2:27)
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Rev. 2:10• 10Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life. (Rev. 2:10)
grounded.
moved.
the hope.
Col. 1:5• 5on account of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, (Col. 1:5)
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Rom. 5:5• 5and hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit that was given to us. (Rom. 5:5)
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Gal. 5:5• 5For we in the Spirit await by faith the hope of righteousness. (Gal. 5:5)
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Eph. 1:18• 18having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling; and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints; (Eph. 1:18)
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1 Thess. 5:8• 8but we being of day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and hope of salvation as helmet. (1 Thess. 5:8)
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2 Thess. 2:16• 16But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, that loved us and gave everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace, (2 Thess. 2:16)
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Titus 3:7• 7that, having been justified by his grace, we should become heirs according to hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:7)
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Heb. 6:19• 19which we have as the soul's anchor both secure and firm and entering into the inner [side] of the veil, (Heb. 6:19)
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1 Peter 1:3• 3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection out of [the] dead, (1 Peter 1:3)
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1 John 3:1‑3• 1See what love the Father hath given us, that we should be called children of God [and we are]. For this reason, the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2Beloved, now are we God's children, and not yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that if he should be manifested we shall be like him, because we shall see him even as he is.
3And every one that hath this hope on him purifieth himself even as he is pure.
(1 John 3:1‑3)
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under.
whereof.
Col. 1:25• 25of which I became servant, according to the stewardship of God that was given me for you, to complete the word of God, (Col. 1:25)
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Acts 1:17,25• 17For he had been numbered among us, and received the allotment of this service.
25to take the place of this service and apostleship from which Judas fell away to go unto his own place.
(Acts 1:17,25)
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Acts 26:16• 16But rise up and stand on thy feet, for to this end I appeared to thee, to appoint thee a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen and of those things wherein I shall appear to thee, (Acts 26:16)
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Rom. 15:16• 16in order to my being a minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, as a sacred rite ministering the gospel of God that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:16)
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1 Cor. 4:1‑3• 1So let a man account of us, as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.
2Here a moreover it is sought in stewards that one be found faithful,
3but to me it amounteth to very little that I be examined by you, or by man's day.
(1 Cor. 4:1‑3)
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2 Cor. 3:6• 6who also made us competent [as] servants of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter killeth but the spirit quickeneth. (2 Cor. 3:6)
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2 Cor. 4:1• 1On this account, having this ministry, according as we obtained mercy, we faint not, (2 Cor. 4:1)
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2 Cor. 5:18‑20• 18And they all [are] of God that reconciled us to himself by Christ and gave to us the ministry of the reconciliation:
19how that it was God in Christ reconciling [the] world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences, and putting in us the word of the reconciliation.
20For Christ then we are ambassadors, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God:
(2 Cor. 5:18‑20)
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2 Cor. 6:1• 1And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (2 Cor. 6:1)
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2 Cor. 11:23• 23Are they ministers of Christ? (Beside myself I speak) I above measure; in labours very abundantly, in prisons very abundantly, in stripes exceedingly, in deaths often. (2 Cor. 11:23)
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Eph. 3:7‑8• 7of which I was made minister according to the gift of the grace of God that was given me according to the working of his power.
8To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
(Eph. 3:7‑8)
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1 Tim. 1:12• 12I thank him that strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, that he counted me faithful, appointing me unto ministry, (1 Tim. 1:12)
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1 Tim. 2:7• 7to which I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of Gentiles in faith and truth. (1 Tim. 2:7)
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2 Tim. 1:11‑12• 11whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher [of Gentiles].
12For which cause also I suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed; and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted against that day.
(2 Tim. 1:11‑12)
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2 Tim. 4:5‑6• 5But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship [evils], do an evangelist's work, fully perform thy ministry.
6For I am already being poured out, and the time of my departure is all but come.
(2 Tim. 4:5‑6)
 When the Christian is viewed as in Christ, there is no “if”: we are in Him. When he is viewed as a pilgrim here, we are on the road to actual glory and have to reach the goal, and here “if” comes in and danger and the need of being kept. But then we have the fullest assurance that we shall be kept and never perish, and be confirmed to the end, and the good work completed. Thus dependence on God is maintained in the saved, and confidence in His faithfulness. (Colossians 1 by J.N. Darby)
 The ministry of the Apostle had now the same double character. He has not undoubtedly to preach in heaven; but his ministry is exercised in every place under heaven where there is a soul to hearken. He is a minister of that gospel; and then he is a minister of the assembly. (Colossians 1 by J.N. Darby)
 “If ye continue in the faith.” These saints would not be spoiled by vain philosophy or ritualism (ch. 2:4,78) if they did thus continue. (Help on Hard Verses by A.C. Brown)
 By using the word “if” here, he wasn’t implying that the saints at Colosse could lose their salvation if they didn’t go on steadfastly, but because there was a real possibility that some among their number were mere professors. (The Fulness That Resides in Christ: Colossians 1-2:3 by B. Anstey)
 Paul does not speak of them turning away, but of being “moved away.” This implies the influence of others being involved in their departure. The “hope of the gospel” in this passage is more than the saints being glorified with Christ at the Rapture. The context points to the glorious consummation of reconciliation being brought to fruition in both the heavens and the earth, in which the Godhead will find its full satisfaction. (The Fulness That Resides in Christ: Colossians 1-2:3 by B. Anstey)
 Paul had two ministries: preaching “the gospel” to the lost and teaching the truth of “the Mystery” {v.26} to the saints. The fact that they are mentioned together here, and also in Romans 16:25 and again in Ephesians 3:8-9, shows that these two things are connected and should always be treated as such. The truth of the gospel should flow into the truth of the Church. (The Fulness That Resides in Christ: Colossians 1-2:3 by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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if indeed ye abide in theg faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creationh which is under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister.

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Or "in faith," that is, full assurance of heart in the gospel.
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The word is used either of "the creation," or abstractly of "the creature" as such; once for "institution," 1 Pet. 2.13. Thus, in ver. 15, it is not of each individual as such, but of everything called "creation" in its nature. see Heb. 9.11.

W. Kelly Translation

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if indeed ye abide in the faith grounded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel (which ye heard, that was preached in the whole creation under the heaven), of which I, Paul, became servant;