If you’ve read Colossians 1:24 before, maybe you too were puzzled: How can Jesus lack anything when earlier in his letter, Paul touts the supremacy and sufficiency of Christ? What does Paul mean by “filling up” and “lacking”?
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If you are like me, you can easily get caught up on a word or phrase when reading scripture, especially when the writer’s intention is not immediately clear. Reading Romans 12:3, the phrase “the measure of faith that God has assigned” can stir up questions in our minds. Let’s take a look at what Paul is (and is not) communicating with this phrase .
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