³ For ^(A)I could ^[a]wish that I myself were ^(B)accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my countrymen, my kinsmen ^(C)according to the flesh,

⁶ But if we are afflicted, it is ^(A)for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;

¹⁷ But even if I am being ^(A)poured out as a drink offering upon ^(B)the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

^24 (A)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh ^(B)I am supplementing what is lacking ^[a]in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of ^(C)His body, which is the church.

⁸ in the same way we had a fond affection for you and were delighted to ^(A)share with you not only the ^(B)gospel of God, but also our own ^[a]lives, because you had become ^[b]very dear to us.