2 Corinthians 1:5

For just as the Passion of Christ abounds in us, so also, through Christ, does our consolation abound.

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In The King James Version

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

In Context

4He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God.

6So, if we are in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and salvation, or if we are in consolation, it is for your consolation, or if we are exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which results in the patient endurance of the same passion which we also endure.

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Cross References

Acts 9:4And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

2 Corinthians 4:10We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

Philippians 1:20by means of my own expectation and hope. For in nothing shall I be confounded. Instead, with all confidence, now just as always, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Philippians 3:10So shall I know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his Passion, having been fashioned according to his death,

2 Thessalonians 2:16exhort your hearts and confirm you in every good word and deed.

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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