Colossians 1:24

New English Translation

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

Cross References

Mark 10:39

They said to him, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

Acts 5:41

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

Romans 5:3

Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 8:17

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.

2 Corinthians 12:15

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 7:4

I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

Ephesians 1:23

Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles –

Ephesians 3:13

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

Philippians 3:10

My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

James 1:2

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,