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who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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Your Pain Has a Purpose
Commentators unanimously agree that God comforts us in our suffering not just for our own sake, but to equip us to comfort others. Paul saw his own trials as a way God prepared him for ministry. This means your experiences of God's comfort in hard times are not wasted; they are training for helping others who will face similar struggles.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who comforteth us. Paul here doubtless refers primarily to himself and his fellow-apostles as having been filled with comfort in their tri…
In all our affliction (επ παση τη θλιψε ημων). Θλιψις is from θλιβω, to press, old and common word, as tribulation is from Latin <…
19th Century
Anglican
Who comforts us.—For the writer, the name “God of all comfort” was the outcome of a living personal experience. He had felt that e…
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Baptist
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribu…
Paul generally follows his salutation with thanksgiving for the divine grace evident in the lives of his converts and a summary of his prayers for …
16th Century
Protestant
That we may be able to comfort. There can be no doubt that, as he had a little before cleared his afflictions from reproach and unfavorabl…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation The apostle in this verse gives a reason of the former thanksgiving, and at…
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 …
13th Century
Catholic
Here begins the message, in which the Apostle does two things. First, he excuses himself for not visiting them as he had promised. Second, he begin…
