2 Corinthians 1:5
For as we abundantly share in the sufferings of Christ, so through Christ we also abundantly share in comfort.
Revised King James 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 9:4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
2 Corinthians 4:10Always carrying about in our body the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus might also be made manifest in our body.
Philippians 1:20According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be ashamed, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ shall be exalted 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, becoming like him in his death;
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us, and has given 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 →