Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.
Parallel translations
- WEB always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- KJV Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
- BSB We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- NKJV always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
- NASB always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
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Paul carries in his body the dying of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in him. Sharing Christ's sufferings reveals Christ's resurrection life.
Overview
Paul interprets his sufferings as participating in 'the putting to death of the Lord Jesus,' so that Christ's risen life becomes visible through him. His afflictions are not meaningless but are the very means by which the life of Jesus is shown. This ties the minister's hardships directly to the death and resurrection of Christ at the heart of the gospel.
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- Rom 6:5For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;
- 2 Tim 2:11This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.
- 1 Pet 4:13But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
- Rom 6:8But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;
- Phil 3:10–11that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
- Rom 8:17–18and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
- 2 Cor 13:4For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.
- Col 1:24Now 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;
- Rom 8:36Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
- 2 Cor 1:9Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
- 2 Cor 1:5For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
- Gal 6:17From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.
- John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
- Rev 1:17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
- Acts 18:9–10The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
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