Colossians 1:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body– for the sake of his body, the church– what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅς νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς παθήμασιν μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀνταναπληρῶ τὰ ὑστερήματα τῶν θλίψεων τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία:

Transliteration

Who now chairō in the pathēmasin of me hyper you, and antanaplērō the hysterēmata of the thlipseōn of the Christou in the sarki of me hyper the sōmatos of him, which estin the ekklēsia:

Grammar Details

• *chairō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I rejoice
• *pathēmasin*: dative, neuter, plural - sufferings, sphere
• *hyper*: preposition with genitive - on behalf of
• *antanaplērō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I fill up in turn
• *hysterēmata*: accusative, neuter, plural - lacks, direct object
• *thlipseōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of afflictions, possessive
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ, possessive
• *sarki*: dative, feminine, singular - flesh, location
• *sōmatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of body, beneficiary
• *estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *ekklēsia*: nominative, feminine, singular - church

Word Meanings

• *chairō*: rejoice/am glad
• *pathēmasin*: sufferings/afflictions/hardships
• *hyper*: on behalf of/for the sake of
• *antanaplērō*: fill up in turn/complete in return/supply
• *hysterēmata*: lacks/deficiencies/what is lacking
• *thlipseōn*: afflictions/troubles/distresses
• *sarki*: flesh/physical body/human nature
• *sōmatos*: body/physical form
• *ekklēsia*: church/assembly/congregation

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.
• Rom 5:3 : 3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
• 2 Cor 7:4 : 4 A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
• Eph 3:13 : 13 For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
• Phil 3:10 : 10 My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,
• Col 1:18 : 18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
• Jas 1:2 : 2 Joy in Trials My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
• 2 Cor 1:5-8 : 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you. 6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer. 7 And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort. 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.
• Matt 5:11-12 : 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.
• Acts 5:41 : 41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. 11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body. 12 As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
• 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ?(I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times. 24 Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. 26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers, 27 in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.
• Eph 1:23 : 23 Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
• Eph 3:1 : 1 Paul’s Relationship to the Divine Mystery For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles
• 2 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned! 10 So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.
• Phil 2:17-18 : 17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you. 18 And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.