2 Corinthians 1:7

And our hope for you is steadfast, knowing, that as you are partakers of our sufferings, so you also partake of our comfort.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

In Context

6But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which works in you when you patiently endure the same sufferings which we suffer.

8For we would not have you ignorant of our trouble, brethren, which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed down beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

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Cross References

Luke 22:28You are those who have stood by me in my trials.

1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able to endure; but with the temptation will also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

2 Corinthians 7:9Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that your sorrow brought you to repentance: for you were made sorrowful in a godly manner, so that you suffered no harm from us.

Philippians 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:4So that we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all the persecutions and tribulations which you endure:

James 1:2My brethren, count it all joy when you encounter various trials;

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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