Colossians 1:24
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׂמַח
sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
πάθημα
páthēma
something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
ἐκκλησία
ekklēsía
a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth ...
Key Terms in This Verse
πάθημα páthēma
something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence
Study G3804 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →ἐκκλησία ekklēsía
a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both)
Study G1577 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →שָׂמַח sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Study H8055 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →Cross References
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
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