And they said to him, “We are able.” And 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 - Revised Standard Version Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete 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: |
And they said to him, “We are able.” And 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;
Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed.
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—
So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent.
Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God,