always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.
and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,
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