because he was well pleased [for] all the fullness to dwell in him,

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.

of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way [by] nailing it to the cross.