‘We are able,’ they told him. Jesus said to them, ‘You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptised with the baptism I am baptised with.
Colossians 1:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for his body, that is, the church. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Even] now I rejoice in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf. And in my own person I am making up whatever is still lacking and remains to be completed [on our part] of Christ's afflictions, for the sake of His body, which is the church. American Standard Version (1901) Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church; Common English Bible Now I’m happy to be suffering for you. I’m completing what is missing from Christ’s sufferings with my own body. I’m doing this for the sake of his body, which is the church. Catholic Public Domain Version For now I rejoice in my passion on your behalf, and I complete in my flesh the things that are lacking in the Passion of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the Church. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church: |
‘We are able,’ they told him. Jesus said to them, ‘You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptised with the baptism I am baptised with.
Then they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be treated shamefully on behalf of the Name. ,
And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,
and if children, also heirs #– #heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ #– #if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. , If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
as grieving, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
I am very frank with you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.
which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles #– #
So, then, I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory.
My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
He is also the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.
So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.
Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials,