Joh 10:11, 2Cor 1:6, 6:12-13, Phili 2:17, Col 1:24, 1Th 2:8, 2Ti 2:10 | ISV | STEP | “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:11

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down ^{▼▼Other mss. read gives} his life for the sheep.Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:12, 23; 37:24; Heb 13:20; 1Pet 2:25; 5:4

2 Corinthians 1:6

6 If we suffer, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are suffering.2Cor 4:15

2 Corinthians 6:12-13

12 We have not cut you off, but you have cut off your own feelings toward us.2Cor 12:15 13 Do us a favor—I ask you as my children—and open wide your hearts.1Cor 4:14

Philippians 2:17

17 Yet even if I am being poured out like an offering as part of the sacrifice and service I offer ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks I offer} for your faith, I rejoice, and I share my joy with all of you.Rom 15:16; 2Cor 7:4; Col 1:24; 2Tim 4:6

Colossians 1:24

24 Paul's Service in the ChurchNow I am rejoicing in my sufferings for you and completing in my flesh whatever remains of Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.Rom 5:3; 2Cor 1:5-6; 7:4; Eph 1:23; Phil 3:10; 2Tim 1:8; 2:10

1 Thessalonians 2:8

8 We cared so deeply for you that we were determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but our very lives. That is how dear you were to us.Rom 1:11; 15:29; 2Cor 12:15

2 Timothy 2:10

10 For that reason, I endure everything for the sake of those who have been chosen so that they, too, may receive the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, along with eternal glory.2Cor 1:6; Eph 3:13; Col 1:24