I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
Parallel translations
- WEB that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
- KJV That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
- NKJV that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
- NASB that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;
- NLT I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,
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Paul's aim is to know Christ, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, conformed to His death. Knowing Christ includes sharing both His power and His suffering.
Overview
Having received Christ's righteousness, Paul longs to know Christ ever more deeply and personally. This knowledge embraces resurrection power for living and fellowship in suffering that conforms him to Christ's death. The Christian life follows the pattern of cross then resurrection, suffering now and glory to come.
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Cross-references · 30
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- 1 Pet 4:1–2Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- 2 Tim 2:11–12This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
- Rom 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- Rom 6:3–11Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
- Eph 1:19–21and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
- 1 Pet 4:13–14But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
- 1 Jn 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- Phil 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- Col 3:1Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- Col 1:24Now 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.
- 2 Cor 1:5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
- 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 2 Cor 4:10–13We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- 2 Cor 13:4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
- Rom 8:10–11But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- Rom 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- 1 Jn 2:5But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
- John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- Col 2:13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,
- 1 Cor 15:21–23For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
- Rev 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- John 5:21–29For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
- 2 Cor 1:10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- Eph 4:13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
- John 10:18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- Matt 20:23“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”
- Acts 2:31–38Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
- 1 Th 4:14–15For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
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