2 Corinthians 1:5
It is true that we have our full share of the sufferings of the Christ, but through the Christ we have also our full share of consolation.
Twentieth Century 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 saying to him — “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
2 Corinthians 4:10We always bear on our bodies the marks of the death that Jesus died, so that the Life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our bodies.
Philippians 1:20And this will fulfil my earnest expectation and hope that I shall have no cause for shame, but that, with unfailing courage, now as hitherto, Christ will be honoured in my body, whether by my life or by my death,
Philippians 3:10Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,
2 Thessalonians 2:16And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving-kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope,
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 →