2 Corinthians 1:5
Because, as the sufferings of the Christ abound to us, so also our encouragement abounds through the Christ.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 9:4And after falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me?
2 Corinthians 4:10Always carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our body.
Philippians 1:20according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be shamed in nothing. But with all boldness, now as always, Christ will also be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.
Philippians 3:10to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
2 Thessalonians 2:16And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father who loved us and gave eternal encouragement and good hope through grace,
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:4-7
Paul's Sufferings and Consolations. ( a. d. 57.) 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the… Read the whole commentary →