2 Corinthians 1:6

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your life that we are afflicted; or whether we be comforted, it is, that ye may be comforted; and that there may be in you an eagerness, wherewith ye may endure those sufferings which we also suffer.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

In Context

5For, as the sufferings of the Messiah abound in us, so also our consolation aboundeth by the Messiah.

7And our hope concerning you is steadfast: for we know, that if ye partake of the sufferings, ye will also partake of the consolation.

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Cross References

Romans 5:3And not only so, but we also rejoice in afflictions; because we know that affliction perfecteth in us patience;

1 Corinthians 3:21Wherefore, let no one glory in men: for all things are yours;

2 Corinthians 4:15For all things are for your sakes, that while grace aboundeth by means of many, thanksgiving may abound to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 12:15And cheerfully will I both pay my expenses, and also give myself for your souls; although the more I love you, the less ye love me.

Philippians 1:19For I know, that these things will be found conducive to my life, through your prayers and the gift of the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah.

Hebrews 12:10For they chastened us for a short time, according to their pleasure; but God, for our advantage, that we may become 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 →

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