¹⁰ always carrying around in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.^(A)

⁵ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

¹¹ The saying is sure:

¹³ But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.^(A)

⁸ But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

¹⁰ I want to know Christ^[a] and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, ¹¹ if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.^(A)

⁴ For he was crucified in weakness but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him,^[a] but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.^(A)

⁵ For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.^(A)

¹⁷ and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.^(A)

Future Glory

¹⁸ I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.

Paul’s Interest in the Colossians

²⁴ I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.