2 Corinthians 1:5
For just as I have more than my share in the sufferings of the Christ, so also through the Christ I have more than my share of comfort.
Montgomery New Testament
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 which said to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
2 Corinthians 4:10Wherever I go, I am always carrying about in my body the dying of Jesus, in order that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in this body of mine.
Philippians 1:20So it is my keen expectation and hope that I shall never feel ashamed, but that with fearless courage, now as hither to, Christ may be magnified in my body, whether by my life or by my death.
Philippians 3:10I long to know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, by sharing the likeness of his death;
2 Thessalonians 2:16And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and a good hope in 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 →