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2 Corinthians 1:5
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For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in vs, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
We share in the many sufferings of Christ. In the same way, much comfort comes to us through Christ.
For just as Christ's sufferings are ours in abundance [as they overflow to His followers], so also our comfort [our reassurance, our encouragement, our consolation] is abundant through Christ [it is truly more than enough to endure what we must].
For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
For just as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
We share in the terrible sufferings of Christ, but also in the wonderful comfort he gives.
For just as the Messiah's sufferings overflow into us, so through the Messiah our encouragement also overflows.
Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ abound towards us, so through the Christ does our encouragement also abound.
We share in the many sufferings of Christ. In the same way, much comfort comes to us through Christ.
For as the sufferings of Christ abounde in vs, so our consolation aboundeth through Christ.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds in Christ.
Just as we have a share in Christ's many sufferings, so also through Christ we share in God's great help.
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, thus through Christ our comfort overflows also.
Because even as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.
For as the sufferings of Messiah abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Messiah.
For just as Christ's sufferings overflow to us, so our comfort overflows through Christ.Acts 9:4; 2 Corinthians 4:10; Colossians 1:24;">[xr]
For as the sufferings of the Meshiha abound in us, so, through the Meshiha, our consolation aboundeth also.
For, as the sufferings of the Messiah abound in us, so also our consolation aboundeth by the Messiah.
For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in vs: euen so is our consolation plenteous by Christe.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
For just as we have more than our share of suffering for the Christ, so also through the Christ we have more than our share of comfort.
For as the passiouns of Crist ben plenteuouse in vs, so also bi Crist oure coumfort is plenteuouse.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ.
As we have suffered much for Christ and have shared in His pain, we also share His great comfort.
For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.
Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ overflow unto us, so, through the Christ, overfloweth, our encouragement also.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also by Christ doth our comfort abound.
For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
For as ye affliccios of Christ are pleteous in vs eve so is oure consolacio plenteous by Christ.
because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;
For as the affliccios of Christ are plenteous in vs, euen so is or cosolacion plenteous by Christ.
for as I have greatly suffered for Christ, so I have been greatly comforted thro' Christ.
If we ride for Jesus, we're gonna experience the same suffering he did during his ride. But his daddy comforted him and he will do the same for us.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
as: 2 Corinthians 4:10, 2 Corinthians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 11:23-30, Acts 9:4, 1 Corinthians 4:10-13, Philippians 1:20, Philippians 3:10, Colossians 1:24
so: Luke 2:25, Philippians 2:1, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 28:11 - took Psalms 71:21 - comfort Psalms 94:19 - General Proverbs 15:15 - but Isaiah 61:2 - to comfort Jeremiah 14:8 - in time Matthew 11:30 - burden 2 Corinthians 1:4 - that Galatians 6:17 - I bear Philippians 2:21 - the Hebrews 6:18 - we might
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God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop."
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !
But for right now, friends, I'm completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You're acting like infants in relation to Christ, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the breast. Well, then, I'll nurse you since you don't seem capable of anything more. As long as you grab for what makes you feel good or makes you look important, are you really much different than a babe at the breast, content only when everything's going your way? When one of you says, "I'm on Paul's side," and another says, "I'm for Apollos," aren't you being totally infantile? Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It's not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God's field in which we are working. Or, to put it another way, you are God's house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you'll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won't get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn't, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won't be torn out; you'll survive—but just barely. You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple. Don't fool yourself. Don't think that you can be wise merely by being up-to-date with the times. Be God's fool—that's the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It's written in Scripture, He exposes the chicanery of the chic. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls. I don't want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift—Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it is yours, and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us,.... By "the sufferings of Christ" are not meant those which he suffered in his own person for the sake, and in the room and stead of his people, the fruits and effects of which abound to them, and in them; but those which he suffers in his members, or which they suffer for his sake; and which are said to "abound in" them, because of the variety and greatness of them; though not as if they were more or greater than what Christ suffered in his soul and body, when he was made sin and a curse for his people: yet notwithstanding the abundance of them, such is the goodness and grace of God, that he proportions comforts to them; as their afflictions increase, so do their comforts; as their sufferings for the sake of Christ, and his Gospel, are more and greater,
so, says he, our consolation aboundeth by Christ: meaning, either that consolation which they felt and enjoyed in their own souls, under all their tribulations, which abundantly answered to them, and which they ascribe to Christ, from and by whom it comes to them; or else that consolation, which, by preaching Christ, abounded to the relief of others who were in distress and trouble.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us - As we are called to experience the same sufferings which Christ endured; as we are called to suffer in his cause, and in the promotion of the same object. The sufferings which they endured were in the cause of Christ and his gospel; were endured in endeavoring to advance the same object which Christ sought to promote; and were substantially of the same nature. They arose from opposition, contempt, persecution, trial, and want, and were the same as the Lord Jesus was himself subjected to during the whole of his public life; compare Colossians 1:24. Thus, Peter says 1 Peter 4:13 of Christians that they were “partakers of Christ’s sufferings.”
So our consolation also aboundeth by Christ - By means of Christ, or through Christ, consolation is abundantly imparted to us. Paul regarded the Lord Jesus as the source of consolation, and felt that the comfort which he imparted, or which was imparted through him, was more than sufficient to overbalance all the trials which he endured in this cause. The comforts which he derived from Christ were those, doubtless, which arose from his presence, his supporting grace, from his love shed abroad in the heart; from the success which he gave to his gospel, and from the hope of reward which was held out to him by the Redeemer, as the result of all his sufferings. And it may he observed as an universal truth, that if we suffer in the cause of Christ, if we are persecuted, oppressed, and calumniated on his account, he will take care that cur hearts shall be filled with consolation.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Corinthians 1:5. The sufferings of Christ — Suffering endured for the cause of Christ: such as persecutions, hardships, and privations of different kinds.
Our consolation also aboundeth — We stood as well, as firmly, and as easily, in the heaviest trial, as in the lightest; because the consolation was always proportioned to the trial and difficulty. Hence we learn, that he who is upheld in a slight trial need not fear a great one; for if he be faithful, his consolation shall abound, as his sufferings abound. Is it not as easy for a man to lift one hundred pounds' weight, as it is for an infant to lift a few ounces? The proportion of strength destroys the comparative difficulty.
