¹⁰ that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

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

Paul’s Interest in the Colossians

²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking^[a] in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,