2 Corinthians 1:5
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
Majority Standard Bible
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 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
2 Corinthians 4:10We always carry around in our body the death of the Lord Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Philippians 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
Philippians 3:10I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and our God and Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
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 →