I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
NIV
So I ask you not to lose heart [not to faint or become despondent through fear] at what I am suffering in your behalf. [Rather glory in it] for it is an honor to you.
AMP
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
KJV
This is why it is said: "Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
NIV
Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light. [Isa. 26:19; 60:1, 2.]AMP
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
KJV
And to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
NIV
That He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such things [that she might be holy and faultless].
AMP
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
KJV
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
NIV
May grace (God's unmerited favor) and spiritual peace [which means peace with God and harmony, unity, and undisturbedness] be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
AMP
Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
KJV
By setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace
NIV
By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity [caused by] the Law with its decrees and ordinances [which He annulled]; that He from the two might create in Himself one new man [one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace.
AMP
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
KJV
And to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
NIV
[That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
AMP
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
KJV
Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,
NIV
And [pray] also for me, that [freedom of] utterance may be given me, that I may open my mouth to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news (the Gospel)
AMP
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
KJV
