2 Corinthians 1:5
For just as the sufferings of Christ abound for our sake, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
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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.
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Cross References
Acts 9:4and he fell upon the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
2 Corinthians 4:10We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be shown in our bodies.
Philippians 1:20It is my eager expectation and certain hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but that I will have complete boldness, so that now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
Philippians 3:10So now I want to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings. I want to be transformed into the likeness of his death,
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort 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 →