25. And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming his message,
26. which is the secret he hid through all past ages from all the human race but has now revealed to his people.
27. God's plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God.
28. So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.
29. To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.