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Comfort in Suffering

3 aBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,  
4 who acomforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any1 trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.  
5 For as athe sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our1 consolation also abounds through Christ.  
6 Now if we are afflicted, ait is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.  
7 And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that aas you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.  

Delivered from Suffering

8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of aour trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.  
9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should anot trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for 2 Corinthians 1:5.

II Corinthians 1:5-7

Please turn over to II Corinthians 1, verse 5. Because we share in Christ's sufferings, we also share in the comfort God provides that helps us endure such suffering.

So Paul knew that to share Christ's sufferings always involved God's consolation through that suffering, and he hoped that this would give the Corinthians the boost they needed to triumph in their time of trial. And what he is also explaining there is by the apostles' consolation and sufferings, the laymen - the people, God's people - saw those, and it encouraged them to be the same, to have consolation and salvation through Christ. So by our example of being positive and encouraging, it spreads to the rest of the congregation, the rest of our fellow brethren.

Please turn to II Thessalonians 2, verse 13. Whenever Jesus Christ's sufferings are multiplied, so is His comfort multiplied in us. The greater we suffer for Christ, the greater the comfort we receive from Christ and the greater our ability to share suffering and consolation with others in God's church.

Excerpted from It's Enough! Now, Lord, Take My Life!

 
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