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  • Colossians 1:23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 23 provided, of course, that you continue in the faith,+ established on the foundation+ and steadfast,+ not being shifted away from the hope of that good news that you heard and that was preached in all creation under heaven.+ Of this good news I, Paul, became a minister.+

  • Colossians 1:23
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 23 εἴ if γε in fact ἐπιμένετε YOU are remaining upon τῇ to the πίστει faith τεθεμελιωμένοι having been founded καὶ and ἑδραῖοι settled καὶ and μὴ not μετακινούμενοι being moved elsewhere ἀπὸ from τῆς the ἐλπίδος hope τοῦ of the εὐαγγελίου good news οὗ of which ἠκούσατε, YOU heard, τοῦ of the (one) κηρυχθέντος having been preached ἐν in πάσῃ all κτίσει creation τῇ the ὑπὸ under τὸν the οὐρανόν, heaven, οὗ of which ἐγενόμην became ἐγὼ I Παῦλος Paul διάκονος. servant.

  • Colossians 1:23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 23 provided, of course, that YOU continue in the faith,+ established on the foundation+ and steadfast+ and not being shifted away from the hope of that good news which YOU heard,+ and which was preached+ in all creation+ that is under heaven. Of this [good news] I Paul became a minister.+

  • Colossians 1:23
    The Bible in Living English
    • 23* if so be that you keep to your faith, standing steady on solid foundations and not shifting from the hope of the gospel you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under the heavens; of which I Paul became an agent.

  • Colossians 1:23
    American Standard Version
    • 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

  • Colossians 1:23
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 23 If at least ye are abiding still in the faith founded and firm and not to be moved away from the hope of the glad-message which ye have heard Which hath been proclaimed in all creation which is under heaven,—Of which I Paul have become minister.

  • Colossians 1:23
    King James Version
    • 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

  • Colossians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 1:23 bt 217; w20.04 7; w10 3/1 29; w01 4/1 11; jv 28; om 101

  • Colossians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 1:23 w82 12/15 24; w78 5/1 26; yb77 33; hs 126; w75 721; w74 61; w73 582; w73 683, 687-688; w73 718-719; ka 227, 298; g72 4/22 21; g72 11/22 8; yb71 324; w70 45; w70 715-716, 756; w63 306; w44 326

  • Colossians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 1:23

      The Watchtower (Study),

      4/2020, p. 7

      The Watchtower,

      3/1/2010, p. 29

      4/1/2001, p. 11

      12/15/1982, p. 24

      5/1/1978, p. 26

      12/1/1975, p. 721

      1/15/1974, p. 61

      12/1/1973, pp. 718-719

      11/15/1973, pp. 683, 687-688

      10/1/1973, p. 582

      12/15/1970, p. 756

      12/1/1970, pp. 715-716

      1/15/1970, p. 45

      5/15/1963, pp. 305-307

      Bearing Witness, p. 217

      Proclaimers, p. 28

      1977 Yearbook, p. 33

      Holy Spirit, p. 126

      God’s Kingdom Has Approached, pp. 227, 298

      Awake!,

      11/22/1972, p. 8

      4/22/1972, p. 21

      1971 Yearbook, pp. 323-324

  • Colossians Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:23

      was preached in all creation under heaven: Paul is not indicating that the good news had literally reached every land around the globe. Rather, he is describing in broad terms how far the good news had spread. (Ro 1:8; Col 1:6) By the time Paul wrote his letter to the Colossians, the Kingdom message was widely known throughout the Roman Empire and beyond. In fact, nearly 30 years before that time, Jews and proselytes who embraced Christianity at Pentecost 33 C.E. carried the message at least as far as Parthia, Elam, Media, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Asia Minor, the parts of Libya toward Cyrene, and Rome​—encompassing the world known to Paul’s readers. (Ac 2:1, 8-11, 41, 42) However, Paul’s own words in Romans chapter 15 show that his statement was not meant to be taken literally. There he stated that the good news had not yet been preached in the then “untouched territory” of Spain.​—Ro 15:20, 23, 24.

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