Our hope for you (η ελπις ημων υπερ υμων). The old word ελπις, from ελπιζω, to hope, has the idea of waiting with expectation and …

And 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 save…

And our hope of you is stedfast.—Better, our hope on behalf of you. The sentence is brought in as a kind of parenthesis connected…

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

How t…

Verse 6a restates and applies v.4b. Paul’s affliction and endurance of his trials ultimately benefited the Corinthians in that he was now equipped …

Knowing that, though there might be some of the Corinthians that were drawn away for the time by the calumnies of the false Apostles, so a…

For our hope of you is steadfast
We have long ago entertained hopes of you, that the work of God is begun upon your …

We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. The Lord is able to give …

After showing that the Lord comforts His servants—that is, the ministers of the faith and preachers—in their tribulations, the Apostle now shows th…