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Afflictions » Rejoicing in tribulation, examples of » Poverty
As being grieved, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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Body » The body of Christ
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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For as in one body we have many members, and all members have not the same action: So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and the members for one another. And having gifts different according to the grace given us, whether prophecy, according to the due proportion of faith; read more.
Whether service, in service: whether he teaching, in instruction; Whether he beseeching, in supplication: he imparting, in simplicity; he placed before, in earnestness; he compassionating, in cheerfulness.
Whether service, in service: whether he teaching, in instruction; Whether he beseeching, in supplication: he imparting, in simplicity; he placed before, in earnestness; he compassionating, in cheerfulness.
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? having taken the members of Christ, shall I make members of a harlot? It may not be. Or know ye not that he joined to a harlot is one body? for they shall be, he says, they two into one flesh. And he joined to the Lord is one spirit.
The cup of praise which we praise, is it not the mutual participation of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the mutual participation of the body of Christ? That, one bread, one body, we are many: for we all partake of one bread.
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, is one body: so also is Christ. For also in one Spirit were we all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or free; and we have all been given to drink into one Spirit. For also the body is not one member, but many. read more.
If the foot say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; by this is it not of the body And if the ear say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; by this is it not of the body If the whole body an eye, where the hearing If the whole hearing, where the smelling? And now has God set the members each one of them in the body, as he would. And if all were one member, where the body And now truly many members, and one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. But much rather the members of the body, seeming to be weak, are necessary: And what we think to be less honourable of the body, upon these we put more abundant honour; and our unseemly parts have more abundant decorum. And our becoming parts have no need: but God blended the body together, to the wanting having given more abundant honour: That no division be in the body; but the members should care the same for one another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer together; or one member is honoured, all the members rejoice together. And ye are the body of Christ, and members by parts. And whom truly God set in the church, first the sent, second the prophets, third teachers, then powers, then graces of healings, helps, directions, kinds of tongues. Not all sent: not all prophets: not all teachers: not all powers: All have not the favors of healing: not all speaking with tongues: not all interpret accurately. And be emulous of the better favors: and yet I shew you a way according to eminence.
If the foot say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; by this is it not of the body And if the ear say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; by this is it not of the body If the whole body an eye, where the hearing If the whole hearing, where the smelling? And now has God set the members each one of them in the body, as he would. And if all were one member, where the body And now truly many members, and one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. But much rather the members of the body, seeming to be weak, are necessary: And what we think to be less honourable of the body, upon these we put more abundant honour; and our unseemly parts have more abundant decorum. And our becoming parts have no need: but God blended the body together, to the wanting having given more abundant honour: That no division be in the body; but the members should care the same for one another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer together; or one member is honoured, all the members rejoice together. And ye are the body of Christ, and members by parts. And whom truly God set in the church, first the sent, second the prophets, third teachers, then powers, then graces of healings, helps, directions, kinds of tongues. Not all sent: not all prophets: not all teachers: not all powers: All have not the favors of healing: not all speaking with tongues: not all interpret accurately. And be emulous of the better favors: and yet I shew you a way according to eminence.
And what the surpassing greatness of his power to us believing, according to the action of the might of his strength, Which he performed in Christ, having raised him from the dead, and he sat on his right hand in the heavenlies, Above every beginning, and authority, and power, and property, and every name named, not only in this life, but in that about to be: read more.
And placed all things under his, feet, and gave him head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
And placed all things under his, feet, and gave him head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
Therefore I, the imprisoned in the Lord, beseech you to walk Worthy of the calling which ye were called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing one another in love; Striving earnestly to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. read more.
One body, and one Spirit, as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one immersion, One God and Father of all, who over all, and through all, and in you all. And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he says, Having ascended into height, he made captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. (And so having ascended, what is it except that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He having descended is the same having ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill up all things.) And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers; For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ: Until we all arrive to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the perfect man, to the measure of age of the filling up of Christ. That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit; And speaking the truth in love, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, Christ: From whom all the body fitted together and joined together by every touch of the expenditure, according to the energy in measure of one of each part, makes the increase of the body to the building up of itself in love.
One body, and one Spirit, as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one immersion, One God and Father of all, who over all, and through all, and in you all. And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he says, Having ascended into height, he made captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. (And so having ascended, what is it except that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He having descended is the same having ascended above all the heavens, that he might fill up all things.) And truly he gave the sent; and the prophets; and the bearers of good tidings; and the shepherds, and the teachers; For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ: Until we all arrive to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the perfect man, to the measure of age of the filling up of Christ. That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit; And speaking the truth in love, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, Christ: From whom all the body fitted together and joined together by every touch of the expenditure, according to the energy in measure of one of each part, makes the increase of the body to the building up of itself in love.
Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything. read more.
Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it; That he might consecrate it, having cleansed by the washing of water in the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it be holy and blameless. So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He loving his wife, loves himself. For none at any time hates his own flesh; but brings it up and cherishes it, as also the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak to Christ and to the church. But ye also altogether, let each so love his own wife as himself: and the wife that she fear her husband.
Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it; That he might consecrate it, having cleansed by the washing of water in the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it be holy and blameless. So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He loving his wife, loves himself. For none at any time hates his own flesh; but brings it up and cherishes it, as also the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak to Christ and to the church. But ye also altogether, let each so love his own wife as himself: and the wife that she fear her husband.
And let the peace of God act as umpire in your hearts, to which also, ye were called in one body: and be grateful.
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Christian ministers » Ministers of » Of the church
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church. Of which I was a servant, according to the stewardship of God, given to me for you, to complete the word of God;
Church » For other leaders » Precious
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
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Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;
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And Jehovah their God saved them in that day as the sheep of his people: for the stones of consecration, lifting themselves up in his land.
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He will find him in the land of the desert, In a waste howling desolation: He will encompass him about; he will teach him, He will keep him as the pupil of the eye.
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And thou wert a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah, and a tiara of royalty in the hand of thy God.
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For thus said Jehovah of armies: After glory he sent me to the nations spoiling you: for he touching upon you touched the gate of his eye.
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And they were to me, said Jehovah of armies, for the day which I make wealth; and I spared for them as a man will spare for the son serving him.
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Church » Body of Christ » Precious
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.
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Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;
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And Jehovah their God saved them in that day as the sheep of his people: for the stones of consecration, lifting themselves up in his land.
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He will find him in the land of the desert, In a waste howling desolation: He will encompass him about; he will teach him, He will keep him as the pupil of the eye.
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And thou wert a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah, and a tiara of royalty in the hand of thy God.
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For thus said Jehovah of armies: After glory he sent me to the nations spoiling you: for he touching upon you touched the gate of his eye.
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And they were to me, said Jehovah of armies, for the day which I make wealth; and I spared for them as a man will spare for the son serving him.
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Church » Body of Christ » Called the body of Christ
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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And not having power over the Head, from whom all the body, by all the senses of touch and connections furnished and joined together, increases with the increase of God.
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For the adjusting of the holy, for the work of the service, for the building up of the body of Christ:
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So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and the members for one another.
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And ye are the body of Christ, and members by parts.
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Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
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Church » Body of Christ
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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And placed all things under his, feet, and gave him head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
The church » The body of Christ
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
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Jesus Christ » Names of » Head of the ekklesia (body)
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that he might be the first in all
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For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
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And placed all things under his, feet, and gave him head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
Joy » In sorrow in tribulation, examples of » Poverty
As being grieved, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » Poverty
As being grieved, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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Suffering » For Christ
Take a pattern of affliction, my brethren, and of longsuffering, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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And the God of all grace, having called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, may he put you in proper order, having suffered a little time, may he support you, make firm, lay the foundation.
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But, inasmuch as ye participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; that also, in the revelation of his glory, ye might rejoice, transported with joy. If ye be reproached in the name of Christ, ye happy; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: by them truly he is defamed, and by you he is praised.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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For upon you was it conferred as a favor for Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him;
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If we endure, we shall also reign together: if we deny, he will also deny us:
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For I will show him what he must suffer for my name.
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To know him, and the power of his rising up, and the mutual participation of his sufferings, being rendered conformable to his death;
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And likewise also the Spirit takes hold together, and assists our weaknesses: for what we would pray for as we ought, we know not, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
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And if children, also heirs; truly heirs of God, and coheirs of Christ; if indeed we suffer together, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of the time now not worthy of the glory about to be revealed in us. For the anxious expectation of the creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God. read more.
For the creation was subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but by him having subjected in hope, That also the creation itself be freed from servitude of corruption to the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that all creation groans together and travails together until now. And not only, but also they having the first fruits of the Spirit, and we ourselves groan in ourselves, waiting for the adoption as a son, the redemption of our body.
For the creation was subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but by him having subjected in hope, That also the creation itself be freed from servitude of corruption to the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that all creation groans together and travails together until now. And not only, but also they having the first fruits of the Spirit, and we ourselves groan in ourselves, waiting for the adoption as a son, the redemption of our body.
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And we are wearied, working with our own hands: being reviled, we praise; being driven out, we hold up Being defamed, we entreat: as the filth of the world were we become, the offscouring of all until now.
And our hope firm for you, knowing, that as ye are participators of the sufferings, so also of the comfort.
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For we, the living, are always delivered to death for Jesus, that also the life of Jesus be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So that death is truly energetic in us, and life in you. And having the same spirit of faith, according to that written, I believed, therefore I spake: and we believe, and therefore we speak; read more.
Knowing that he having raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us by Jesus, and present us with you. For all things for you, that grace, having abounded by the many, might abound in thanksgiving to the glory of God. Wherefore we lose not courage; but if also our man without is destroyed, but he within is renewed day and day. For the present moment the lightness of our pressure works to us an eternal weight of glory, as eminence upon eminence; We looking not at things seen, but at things not seen: for things seen, temporary; and things not seen, eternal
Knowing that he having raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us by Jesus, and present us with you. For all things for you, that grace, having abounded by the many, might abound in thanksgiving to the glory of God. Wherefore we lose not courage; but if also our man without is destroyed, but he within is renewed day and day. For the present moment the lightness of our pressure works to us an eternal weight of glory, as eminence upon eminence; We looking not at things seen, but at things not seen: for things seen, temporary; and things not seen, eternal
For also he was sick near to death: but God compassionated him; and not him only, but also me, lest I should have grief upon grief. Therefore I sent him the more earnestly, that, seeing him, ye might again rejoice, and I be more free from sorrow. Therefore receive him in the Lord with all joy; and hold such esteemed. read more.
Because for the work of Christ he drew near to death, having exposed the soul to danger, that he might fill up your want of service to me.
Because for the work of Christ he drew near to death, having exposed the soul to danger, that he might fill up your want of service to me.
So that we ourselves boast in you in all the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your expulsions and pressures which ye endure: (A proof of the just judgment of God,) for you to be deemed worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Temple » Figurative » Of Christ, the head of the ekklesia (his community, his body, cf
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church.
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And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that he might be the first in all
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And placed all things under his, feet, and gave him head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the completion of him completing all things in all.
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Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill again the necessities of the pressures of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church. Of which I was a servant, according to the stewardship of God, given to me for you, to complete the word of God;