Colossians 1:24
“Who now reioyce in my sufferings for you, and fill vp that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,”
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Colossians 1:24 Context
22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy & vnblameable, and vnreprooueable in his sight, 23If ye continue in the faith grounded and setled, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, which yee haue heard, and which was preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am made a Minister. 24Who now reioyce in my sufferings for you, and fill vp that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church, 25Whereof I am made a Minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen to mee for you, to fulfill the word of God: 26Euen the mystery which hath been hid from ages, and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints,
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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:
- King James Version
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.
- New American Standard Version (1995)