2 Corinthians 1:7

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⁵ For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

⁶ If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

⁸ We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

⁹ Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
KJV: And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
WEB: Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the comfort.
ASV: and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.
DARBY: (and our hope for you [is] sure;) or whether we are encouraged, [it is] for your encouragement and salvation: knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement.
BLB: And our hope for you⁺ [is] sure, knowing that as you⁺ are fellow partakers of the sufferings, so also of the comfort.

ÅB: og vårt håp om dere er fast, da vi vet at slik som dere har del i lidelsene, så skal dere og ha del i trøsten.
OTB: Og vårt håp for dere er urokkelig, fordi vi vet at likesom dere har del i lidelsene, så har dere også del i trøsten.
B1930: og vårt håp om eder er fast, da vi vet at likesom I har del i lidelsene, så skal I og ha del i trøsten.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 8:17–18
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
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2 Thessalonians 1:4–7
That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
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1 Thessalonians 1:3–4
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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James 1:2–4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
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2 Timothy 2:12
if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
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2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
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2 Corinthians 7:9
And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
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