Colossians 1:24

God's Word

I am happy to suffer for you now. In my body I am completing whatever remains of Christ’s sufferings. I am doing this on behalf of his body, the church.

Cross References

Mark 10:39

“We can,” they told him. Jesus told them, “You will drink the cup that I’m going to drink. You will be baptized with the baptism that I’m going to receive.

Acts 5:41

The apostles left the council room. They were happy to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for speaking about Jesus.

Romans 5:3

But that’s not all. We also brag when we are suffering. We know that suffering creates endurance,

Romans 8:17

If we are his children, we are also God’s heirs. If we share in Christ’s suffering in order to share his glory, we are heirs together with him.

1 Corinthians 12:27

You are Christ’s body and each of you is an individual part of it.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will be very glad to spend whatever I have. I’ll even give myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

2 Corinthians 6:10

People think we are sad although we’re always glad, that we’re beggars although we make many people spiritually rich, that we have nothing although we possess everything.

2 Corinthians 7:4

I have great confidence in you, and I have a lot of reasons to be proud of you. Even as we suffer, I’m encouraged and feel very happy.

Ephesians 1:23

The church is Christ’s body and completes him as he fills everything in every way.

Ephesians 3:1

This is the reason I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus  for those of you who are not Jewish.

Ephesians 3:13

So then, I ask you not to become discouraged by the troubles I suffer for you. In fact, my troubles bring you glory.

Philippians 3:10

that knows Christ. Faith knows the power that his coming back to life gives and what it means to share his suffering. In this way I’m becoming like him in his death,

Colossians 1:18

He is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, the first to come back to life so that he would have first place in everything.

2 Timothy 1:8

So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord or be ashamed of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God’s power, join me in suffering for the sake of the Good News.

James 1:2

My brothers and sisters, be very happy when you are tested in different ways.