JMNT(i)
25 of which I am come to be an attending servant (or: a dispenser),
corresponding to (or: down from; in the sphere of)
God's household administration (or: God's directives for the tasks of a household manager; the stewardship whose source is God and pertains to His house; God's economy; God's scheme and arrangement which He planned for His household) –
the [
detailed plan]
being given by me unto you (or: to me [and infused] into you) –
to fulfill God's Word (or: to make full the message pertaining to God; to make a full presentation of God's message; to deliver God's thought and idea in full; or: with a view to you fulfilling God's idea):
26 the Secret (or: sacred mystery)
having been hidden away and remaining concealed away from the ages (or: from [past] eons),
as well as away from the [
past]
generations, yet now (at the present time)
is set in clear light in His set-apart folks (or: was manifested to His holy ones; is caused to be seen by His saints; is shown for what it is, for His sacred people),
27 to whom God wills (or: at one point purposed; or: intends)
to make known by intimate experience, what [
are]
the riches of the glory of this Secret (or: the wealth which has its source in this sacred mystery's manifestation which calls forth praise)
within the multitudes (among the nations; in the Gentiles; IN UNION WITH the swarms of ethnic groups),
which is (or: exists being)
Christ within you folks, the expectation of and from the glory (or: which is [the] Anointed in union with you people: the hope of the manifestation which calls forth praise; or: which is [the] Anointing within the midst of you folks – the expectation which is the glory),
28 Whom [other MSS: Which]
we ourselves habitually proclaim down the line (or: announce in accord with the pattern),
constantly putting [
Him]
into the minds of every person (or: human)
and repeatedly teaching every person (or: human),
within the sphere of all wisdom, to the intent that we may place every person (or: human)
finished (mature; perfect with respect to purpose; complete; as having reached the goal of destiny)
by [
our]
side, within and in union with Christ [other MSS add: Jesus],
29 unto which [
goal]
I habitually work hard (or: progressively toil on)
and become weary, constantly struggling as in a contest, corresponding to (or: down from, yet on the level of)
His inward working (or: energy and operation):
the One continuously operating (energizing and inwardly working)
within me – within power and in ability.