2 Corinthians 1:6
And whether we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation, which showeth its power in enabling you to bear patiently the same sufferings which we also endure; and our hope is steadfast in your behalf; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5for as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ doth our comfort also overflow.
7knowing that as ye are sharers in the sufferings, so also ye will be sharers in the comfort.
Cross References
Romans 5:3And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also, knowing that affliction produceth endurance,
1 Corinthians 3:21So then let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;
2 Corinthians 4:15For all things are for your sakes, that the grace abounding by means of the greater number may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 12:15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more I love you, the less I am loved.
Philippians 1:19For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 12:10For they indeed for a few days chastened us, according as it seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
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 →