¹³ I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

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)

⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.^(A)