American Standard Version (ASV):
whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
King James Version (KJV):
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;
American Standard Version (ASV):
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;
King James Version (KJV):
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
American Standard Version (ASV):
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.
King James Version (KJV):
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;
American Standard Version (ASV):
yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
King James Version (KJV):
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
American Standard Version (ASV):
And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
King James Version (KJV):
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
American Standard Version (ASV):
and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.
King James Version (KJV):
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;
King James Version (KJV):
For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell;
American Standard Version (ASV):
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
King James Version (KJV):
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.
American Standard Version (ASV):
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
King James Version (KJV):
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
American Standard Version (ASV):
for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
King James Version (KJV):
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: