5
For just
aas the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
a
2 Corinthians 4:10, Philippians 3:10, Colossians 1:24
2 Corinthians 4
10
aalways carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that bthe life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
Philippians 3
10
that I may aknow Him and bthe power of His resurrection and cthe fellowship of His sufferings, being dconformed to His death;
Colossians 1
24
aNow I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh bI do my share on behalf of cHis body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.