2 Corinthians 1:6
6 aIf we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.Ephesians 3:1
The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed
1For this reason I, Paul, ba prisoner of Christ Jesus con behalf of you Gentiles—Philippians 1:12-14
The Advance of the Gospel
12I want you to know, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verse 14
that what has happened to me has really eserved to advance the gospel, 13so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard ▼▼Greek in the whole praetorium
and gto all the rest that hmy imprisonment is for Christ. 14And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold ito speak the word ▼▼Some manuscripts add of God
without fear. Colossians 1:24
Paul’s Ministry to the Church
24Now kI rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh lI am filling up mwhat is lacking in Christ’s afflictions nfor the sake of his body, that is, the church,1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
2and we osent Timothy, pour brother and God’s coworker ▼▼Some manuscripts servant
in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that rwe are destined for this. 4For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, sjust as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
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