2 Corinthians 1:7

2 Corinthians 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.

Context of 2 Corinthians 1:7

5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that as you share in the sufferings, so you will also share in the comfort. 8We don’t want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our affliction that took place in Asia. We were completely overwhelmed — beyond our strength — so that we even despaired of life itself. 9Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:7 word by word

καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν βεβαία ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν· εἰδότες ὅτι ὡς κοινωνοί ἐστε τῶν παθημάτων, οὕτως καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• hopeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• hopeἐλπίςelpis · hopeG1680
• ofὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• youσύsu · youG4771
• stedfastβέβαιοςbebaios · firmG949
• knowingεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• asὥσπερhōsper · just asG5618
• ye areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• partakersκοινωνόςkoinōnos · participantG2844
• of the sufferingsπάθημαpathēma · sufferingG3804
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• of the consolationπαράκλησιςparaklēsis · encouragementG3874

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 1:7

• 2 Corinthians 1:14just as you have partially understood us — that we are your reason for pride, just as you also are ours in the day of our Lord Jesus.
• 2 Corinthians 7:9I now rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn’t experience any loss from us.
• 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
• Philippians 1:6I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Matthew 5:11“You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.
• Luke 22:28You are those who stood by me in my trials.
• Romans 8:17and if children, also heirs — heirs of God and coheirs with Christ — if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
• 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to bear it.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God’s churches — about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring.
• 2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us;
• James 1:2Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials,

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 1:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And our hope of you is steadfast - We have no doubt of your continuing in the truth; because we see that you have such a full, experimental knowledge of it, that no sufferings or persecutions can turn you aside. And we are sure that, as ye suffer, so shall ye rejoice.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And our hope of you is steadfast - We have a firm and unshaken hope in regard to you; we have a confident expectation that you will be saved. We believe that you will be enabled so to bear trial as to show that you are sustained by the Christian hope; and so as to advance your own piety, and confirm your prospect of heaven. As ye are partakers of the sufferings - It is evident from this, that the Corinthians had been subjected to trials similar to those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-11Paul now expresses joyful thanks. He is happy that, despite many troubles, God has given him special comfort (1:4–7) and saved him from death in Asia (1:8–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. so shall ye be--rather, "So are ye." He means, there is a community of consolation, as of suffering, between me and you.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Corinthians 1:7

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Suffering

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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings