¹⁷ From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

⁵ For as we share abundantly in ^(A)Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.^[a]

Paul's Ministry to the Church

²⁴ Now ^(A)I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh ^(B)I am filling up ^(C)what is lacking in Christ's afflictions ^(D)for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

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

¹⁵ See to it that no one ^(A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^(B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

¹¹ But if I, brothers,^[a] still preach^[b] circumcision, ^(A)why am I still being persecuted? In that case ^(B)the offense of the cross has been removed. ¹² I wish ^(C)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

²³ Are they ^(A)servants of Christ? ^(B)I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^(C)far more imprisonments, ^(D)with countless beatings, and ^(E)often near death. ²⁴ Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^(F)forty lashes less one. ²⁵ Three times I was ^(G)beaten with rods. ^(H)Once I was stoned. Three times I ^(I)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea;

²⁴ Since we have heard that ^(A)some persons have gone out from us and ^(B)troubled you^[a] with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,

²⁵ And Joshua said, “Why did you ^(A)bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel ^(B)stoned him with stones. ^(C)They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.