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

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)