2 Corinthians 1:6

King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

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  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • 2 Cor 1:4 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 4:15-18 : 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
  • Eph 3:13 : 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
  • Phil 1:19 : 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
  • Rom 5:3-5 : 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
  • 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
  • Acts 21:5 : 5 And when we had complished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

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

    4Who 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.

    5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

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

    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

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    7Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

    8For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

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    4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

    5Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

    6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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    5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

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    4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

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    2And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

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    4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

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    13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

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    4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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    1If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

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    7For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

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    13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

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    16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

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    6Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

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    28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

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    11Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

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