Colossians 1:24

Now I am glad to suffer for your sake. In my own body I am completing what is still lacking in Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, the church.
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Where it is preached

  1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 5 — Of the Modes of Supplementing Satisfaction cites Col. 1:24

    …of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the Church,” (Col. 1:24). What is this but merely to leave the name of Christ, and at the same time make him a…

  2. Communion with God · John Owen

    Other consequential affections cites Col. i. 24

    …which consist in persecutions) are his in the first place, ours only by participation. Col. i. 24, We “fill up the measure of the afflictions of Christ.” Two things evidently manifest…

  3. Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Colossians 1:24

    …bedside and prayed for her healing. Scriptures to revisit James 5:14-15; Ruth 1:16-17; Colossians 1:24. Reflection 1. Have you ever been willing to love at great cost? 2. How do you pray for…

  4. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    “Give Me Souls, or I Die” cites Colossians 1:24

    …of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church” (Colossians 1:24, ASV). And Paterson remembered his preoccupation with the thought “that our Lord still…

  5. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Colossians 1:24

    …own. Scriptures to revisit Galatians 4:19; Genesis 30:1; Romans 9:1-3; Philippians 3:10; Colossians 1:24; Romans 8:26. Reflection 1. Have you ever longed for someone’s salvation enough to lose…

  6. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites Col. 1:24

    …joy, 2 Cor. 1:12 and chap. 7:7, and ver. 9. 16. Phil. 1:4, and chap. 2:12, and chap 3:3. Col. 1:24. 1 Thess. 3:9. He speaks of his “rejoicing with great joy,” Phil 4:10, Philem. 1:7; of…

  7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Sin in Believers cites Col. 1:24

    …“the flesh lusting against the Spirit.” 5. “But the ‘church is the body of Christ;’ (Col. 1:24; ) this implies, that its members are washed from all filthiness; otherwise it will…

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