2 Corinthians 1:6

But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

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And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

In Context

5For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

7And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

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Cross References

Romans 5:3And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

1 Corinthians 3:21So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

2 Corinthians 4:15For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 12:15And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

Philippians 1:19For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 12:10For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

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 →

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