2 Corinthians 1:6

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is wrought out by the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or if we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 for the sake of Christ abound on us, so our consolation by Christ doth also abound.

7And our hope is firm concerning you, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the consolation.

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Cross References

Romans 5:3And not only so, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience,

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

2 Corinthians 4:15For all these things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the gratitude of many redound to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 12:15And I will with the greatest pleasure spend and be spent for your souls; even though the more I love you, the less I should be loved.

Philippians 1:19for I know that this shall turn to my safety through your prayer, and the aid of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 12:10For they indeed corrected us for a while, as seemed good to them; but He for our profit, that we may be 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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