2 Corinthians 1:7

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

1770 John Worsley NT

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

6And 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.

8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befel us in Asia, that we were exceedingly pressed above our strength, so that we despaired even of life:

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Cross References

Luke 22:28Ye have continued with me in my temptations;

1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has yet taken you but what is common to man: and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to sustain; but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

2 Corinthians 7:9However, now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance; for ye were grieved after a godly manner, so that ye received no damage from us.

Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who hath begun a good work in you will continue to perfect it till the day of Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:4so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God, for your patience and faith under all your persecutions and afflictions which ye endure.

James 1:2Account it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into 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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