2 Corinthians 1:5
for as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ doth our comfort also overflow.
Noyes 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 9:4and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
2 Corinthians 4:10always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
Philippians 1:20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so also now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
Philippians 3:10that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, while becoming like him in his death,
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, our Father, who loved us, and gave us everlasting consolation 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 →