They replied, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;
Colossians 1:24 - New Revised Standard Version I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of 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: |
They replied, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;
As they left the council, they rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, 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 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
I often boast about you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with consolation; I am overjoyed in all our affliction.
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
I pray therefore that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory.
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,
He is 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.
Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God,
My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy,