John Calvin Commentary 2 Corinthians 1:7

"and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort." — 2 Corinthians 1:7 (ASV)

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 as to entertain less honorable views of Paul, on seeing him shamefully handled before the world, he, nevertheless, associates them with himself both in fellowship of afflictions, and in hope of consolation. Thus he corrects their perverse and malignant view, without subjecting them to an open rebuke.