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Colossians 1:24

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Paul’s Ministry to the Church

24Now jI rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh kI am filling up lwhat is lacking in Christ’s afflictions mfor the sake of his body, that is, the church,

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Cross references

  1. jSee 2 Cor. 7:4
  2. k[2 Tim. 1:8; 2:10]
  3. lSee 2 Cor. 1:5
  4. m[Eph. 4:12]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

KJV 1900King James Version

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: