2 Corinthians 1:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  • Phil 3:10 : 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
  • 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by His grace, 17 comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.
  • Luke 2:25 : 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
  • Acts 9:4 : 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
  • 1 Cor 4:10-13 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless. 12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it. 13 When we are slandered, we respond gently. We have become like the scum of the earth, the refuse of all, even until now.
  • 2 Cor 4:10-11 : 10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.
  • 2 Cor 11:23-30 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? 30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any tenderness and compassion,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Cor 1:6-8
    3 verses
    89%

    6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces patient endurance of the same sufferings we also endure.

    7And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you share in our sufferings, you also share in our comfort.

    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

  • 2 Cor 1:3-4
    2 verses
    88%

    3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort,

    4who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

  • 1 Thess 3:7
    78%

    7For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction, we were comforted about you through your faith.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
    77%

    4I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4As a result, we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

    5This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

  • 1 Pet 4:13
    75%

    13But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

  • 2 Cor 7:13
    75%

    13Because of this, we have been comforted. And in addition to our own comfort, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

  • Rom 5:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

    3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.

  • 2 Thess 2:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by His grace,

    17comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.

  • Phil 2:1
    75%

    1So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any tenderness and compassion,

  • Phlm 1:7
    73%

    7For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.

  • Rom 15:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

    5Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus.

  • Col 1:24
    73%

    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

  • 2 Cor 7:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

    7and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your deep longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

  • 2 Cor 4:17
    73%

    17For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

  • 1 Thess 3:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2And we sent Timothy, our brother, and God's servant, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith.

    3So that no one would be unsettled by these troubles. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

    4For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know.

  • 1 Thess 4:18
    72%

    18Therefore, encourage one another with these words.

  • 1 Thess 1:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Because our gospel came to you not only in words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. As you know, we lived among you for your sake.

    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the message in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 6:10
    72%

    10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
    71%

    6In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

  • 2 Cor 1:12
    71%

    12For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.

  • 1 Pet 5:10
    71%

    10But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.

  • 2 Cor 8:2
    71%

    2In the midst of a severe trial brought by affliction, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty overflowed into abundant generosity.

  • Phil 1:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • Rom 8:18
    71%

    18I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

  • Rom 5:11
    71%

    11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
    71%

    4Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
    3 verses
    71%

    10We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.

    11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

    12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • 2 Cor 5:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

    14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

  • Rom 1:12
    71%

    12that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
    70%

    15All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

  • 2 Cor 2:4
    70%

    4For out of great distress and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the love I have for you more abundantly.

  • 2 Cor 3:4
    70%

    4Such confidence we have through Christ before God.

  • 2 Cor 4:8
    70%

    8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

  • 2 Cor 2:14
    70%

    14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and manifests the aroma of the knowledge of Him through us in every place.