⁵ For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,^(A) so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

⁷ And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,^(A) so also you share in our comfort.

¹⁰ I want to know^(A) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,^(B) becoming like him in his death,^(C)

Paul’s Labor for the Church

²⁴ Now I rejoice^(A) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,^(B) for the sake of his body, which is the church.^(C)