2 Corinthians 1:4

God comforts believers in their troubles so that they, in turn, can comfort others with the same comfort they received. Suffering is not wasted but equips us for ministry.

Cross-references · 23

• 1 Th 5:11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
• 2 Th 2:16–17Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
• Isa 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
• 2 Cor 7:6–7But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
• Isa 40:1“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
• Ps 32:7You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
• John 14:18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
• Ps 34:2–6My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
• John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
• Heb 12:12Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
• Isa 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
• Isa 66:12–14For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
• John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
• Ps 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
• Isa 52:9Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
• 2 Cor 1:5–6For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
• Ps 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
• Ps 86:17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
• 1 Th 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
• Isa 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
• 2 Cor 7:13On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
• Isa 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
• Phil 1:14And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.

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