Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Colossians 1:24

Jesus
SufferingJoyFellowship and the church

22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

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:

25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
KJV
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:
WEB
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 assembly,
ASV
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;
DARBY
Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;
BLB
Now I rejoice in the sufferings for you⁺, and I am filling up that which is lacking of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh for His body, which is the church,
ÅB
Nå gleder jeg meg over mine lidelser for dere og utfyller i mitt kjød det som enda fattes i Kristi trengsler, for hans legeme, som er menigheten,
OTB
Nå gleder jeg meg over mine lidelser for deres skyld, og i mitt kjød fyller jeg opp det som mangler i Kristi trengsler, for hans legemes skyld, som er kirken.
B1930
Nu gleder jeg mig over mine lidelser for eder og utfyller i mitt kjød det som ennu fattes i Kristi trengsler, for hans legeme, som er menigheten,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references