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 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
• 2 Th 2:16–17Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Isa 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
• 2 Cor 7:6–7Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
• Isa 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
• Ps 32:7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
• John 14:18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
• Ps 34:2–6My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
• John 14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
• Heb 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
• Isa 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
• Isa 66:12–14For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
• John 14:26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
• Ps 32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
• Isa 52:9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
• 2 Cor 1:5–6For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
• Ps 66:16Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
• Ps 86:17Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
• 1 Th 4:18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
• Isa 51:3For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
• 2 Cor 7:13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
• Isa 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
• Phil 1:14And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

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