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for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Over you (εφ' υμιν). Επ with the locative, the basis on which the "comfort" rests.

In (επ). Locative case …

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

We were comforted over you. (See the notes on 2 Corinthians 1:3 and following; 2 Corinthians 7:6; and [Reference 2…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

In all our affliction and distress.—The words give no decisive indication whether the distress came from within or from without, and it is…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The report helped Paul in his adversity (cf. Acts 18:6, 9–10, 12–13). He was facing physical privations (“distress”; GK 340) and sufferi…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over, you
Or "in you", as the Vulgate Latin version; or "from you", as the Ar…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Thankfulness to God is very imperfect in the present state; but one great end of the ministry of the word is to help faith forward. What was the in…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Paul mentioned the trials the The alonians had endured and the relief he intended to supply for them. Here he recalls how he came to their a istanc…

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