 | James Tate - 1840 - 490 pagini
...am made a minister, who now re" joice 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." Col. i. 24,. " If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of " all men most miserable."... | |
 | Samuel Parker, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - 1840 - 416 pagini
...see whether I could " rejoice in suffer. ings " for the heathen, " and fill up that which is behind of .the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church," but the protecting providence of God was so conspicuous and his mercies so constant, that... | |
 | Wayne G. Boulton, Thomas D. Kennedy, Allen Verhey - 1994 - 576 pagini
...65, 310. 5. PL 74, 178-179. person the words of the Apostle Paul, "1 fill up that which is lacking in the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body's sake, which is the Church" (CoL 1:24). Only thus do the saints who live according to the trinitarian mode of existence... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1996 - 380 pagini
...abandoning the Gospel which they had embraced. Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and Jill up that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ...for his body's sake, which is the Church; whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil... | |
 | John W. Lawrence - 1996 - 244 pagini
...His body— the church. "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" (Col. 1:24). This at first seems a strange statement in the epistle that speaks of the fulness... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1958 - 416 pagini
...the luxuries of kings. [f] now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and complete that which is behind in the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church. Col. i: 24. The apostle had previously claimed for himself the authority which was his by virtue... | |
 | Watchman Nee - 1996 - 132 pagini
...it has to do with the relationship between God and them. Only then will they know what it means to "fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ" (Col. 1:24). How unfamiliar is this calling, yet how cruel! No wonder many shrink back. The maiden... | |
 | Meade MacGuire - 1997 - 100 pagini
...body. He says: "I Paul . . . 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." Colossians 1: 23,24. Christ bore all the anguish and suffering necessary as the head and captain... | |
 | Leon Morris - 1965 - 460 pagini
...says, 'the sufferings of Christ abound unto us' (2 Cor. 1:5). In a very bold expression he affirms, 'I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill...Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church' (Col. 1:24). It would be a mistake to regard this as indicating that human sufferings are atoning.-4... | |
 | Watchman Nee - 1999 - 172 pagini
...is revived. To stand at the bottom of the river is not for ourselves, but for the whole body. "I... fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His Body, which is the church" (Col. 1:24). To be an overcomer, we also have to suffer the murmurings of... | |
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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... 
