New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Corinthians 1:7
7and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that 1as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.
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 are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. 6But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort. 8For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; 9indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
Read all of 2 Corinthians 12 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
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 1:7
- 2 Corinthians 1:14just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
- Philippians 1:6For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
- Matthew 5:11“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- Luke 22:28“You are those who have stood by Me in My trials;
- Romans 8:17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:4therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.
- 2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us;
- James 1:2Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter 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
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- 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
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