2 Corinthians 1:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If 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.

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But{G1161} whether{G1535} we are afflicted,{G2346} it is for{G5228} your{G5216} comfort{G3874} and{G2532} salvation;{G4991} or whether{G1535} we are comforted,{G3870} it is for{G5228} your{G5216} comfort,{G3874} which{G3739} worketh{G1754} in the patient enduring{G5281} of the same{G846} sufferings{G3804} which{G3739} we{G2249} also{G2532} suffer:{G3958}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G1161} whether{G1535} we be afflicted{G2346}{(G5743)}, it is for{G5228} your{G5216} consolation{G3874} and{G2532} salvation{G4991}, which{G3588} is effectual{G1754}{(G5734)} in{G1722} the enduring{G5281} of the same{G846} sufferings{G3804} which{G3739} we{G2249} also{G2532} suffer{G3958}{(G5719)}: or whether{G1535} we be comforted{G3870}{(G5743)}, it is for{G5228} your{G5216} consolation{G3874} and{G2532} salvation{G4991}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Whether we be troubled for youre consolacion and salvacio which salvacion sheweth her power in yt ye soffre ye same affliccios which we also suffre: or whether we be coforted for youre consolacion and salvacion:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But whether we haue trouble or comforte, it is done for youre welth. Yf it be trouble, it is done for youre coforte and health, which health sheweth hir power, in that ye suffre the same affliccions which we suffre. Yf it be comforte, it is done also for youre comforte and health.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and saluation, which is wrought in the induring of the same sufferings, which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and saluation.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Whether we be troubled it is for your consolation and saluation, which saluation sheweth her power, in that ye suffer the same afflictions whiche we also suffer: or whether we be comforted it is for your consolation & saluation:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and whether we be in tribulation, `it is' for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, `it is' for your comfort and salvation;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
  • 2 Cor 4:15-18 : 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God. 16 For this reason we do not lose heart; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works 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 temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
  • 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 am loved.
  • Eph 3:13 : 13 Therefore I ask that you not faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
  • Phil 1:19 : 19 For I know that this will turn out for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful: nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
  • Rom 5:3-5 : 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces patience; 4 And patience, character; and character, hope: 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.
  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
  • 1 Cor 3:21-23 : 21 Therefore let no one boast 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 you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
  • Acts 21:5 : 5 And when we had completed those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all accompanied us, with wives and children, until we were out of the city: and we knelt down on the shore and prayed.

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