 | Robert H. Gundry - 2005 - 284 pages
...members one of another' (Rom 12: 4-5); 'He is the head of the body, the church' (Col 1 : 18); 'I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church' (Col 1 : 24) ; 'he. . .has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body' (Eph 1 :... | |
 | Edward Earle Ellis - 1978 - 320 pages
...nothing, yet possessing all things29. In imitating Paul they are, in fact, imitating Christ30, completing 'what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church'31. This imitatio Christi is, moreover, the context in which Christ's resurrection power is... | |
 | Albertus Frederik Johannes Klijn, G. J. Reinink - 1973 - 354 pages
...about his apostolic preaching. Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the divine office which was given to me for you, to make... | |
 | John H. Leith - 1981 - 216 pages
...the Christians at Colossae, "... I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake...his body, that is, the church . . ." (Col. 1:24). Is the note of suffering being sounded in our service of Christ today? CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING 1.... | |
 | Andrew Louth - 1983 - 246 pages
...for the sake of the Body: 'Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his Body, that is, the Church' (Col. 1:24). St. Paul was one who had been caught up to the third heaven and heard unspeakable words (II Cor. 12:1-10);... | |
 | Lewis B. Smedes - 1983 - 212 pages
...Paul says: "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what remains of Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church" (Col. 1:24). The body of Christ is the earthly means of Christ's continuing suffering. What the Church suffers in... | |
 | Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - 1984 - 420 pages
...both yours and mine. Col I 24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, Col 2 > For I want you to know how greatly I strive for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for all who... | |
 | Darrell L. Guder - 1985 - 256 pages
...to them the task of carrying on, even "completing" his work (Paul says that his sufferings "complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church"; Col. 1:24). He promised them the needed teacher and comforter to equip them for this work. Me "sent them out,"... | |
 | Robert F. Taft - 1986 - 444 pages
...4:22-24). Until this pattern is so repeated in each of us that Christ is indeed "all in all" (Col 3:11), we shall not yet have "filled up what is lacking in...sufferings, becoming like him in his death" (Phil 3:10). Far from being a fourth-century innovation, edification and personal sanctification and the... | |
 | Douglas John Hall - 228 pages
...Christ, but was not ended there! Now 1 rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake...of his body, that is, the church . . . (Col. 1:24). It is not necessary, nor would it I think be wise, to appropriate to ourselves all the speculations... | |
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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church... 
