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2 Corinthians 1:7

HopeSufferingFellowship and the churchComfort

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

6 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.

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

8 For 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:

9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

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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.

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Cross references

  • Romans 8:17–18

    And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:4–7

    So 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:

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  • James 1:12

    Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 1:3–4

    Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

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  • James 1:2–4

    My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

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  • 2 Timothy 2:12

    If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

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  • 2 Corinthians 7:9

    Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

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