And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
Parallel translations
- WEB Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.
- BSB And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
- NKJV And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.
- NASB and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are partners in our sufferings, so also you are in our comfort.
- NLT We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.
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Quick answer
Paul's hope for the Corinthians is firm because they share in both the sufferings and the comfort of Christ. Shared affliction guarantees shared consolation.
Overview
Paul's confidence rests not on the Corinthians' performance but on the certainty that those who partake of Christ's sufferings will likewise partake of His comfort. Fellowship in suffering becomes assurance of fellowship in grace. This steadfast hope reflects the gospel promise that union with the suffering Christ leads also to union with His consolation and ultimately His glory.
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- Rom 8:17–18And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
- 2 Th 1:4–7So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
- Jas 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
- 1 Th 1:3–4Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
- Jas 1:2–4My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
- 2 Tim 2:12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
- 2 Cor 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
- 1 Cor 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
- 2 Cor 7:9Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
- 2 Cor 1:14As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- Luke 22:28–30Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
- Matt 5:11–12Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Phil 1:6–7Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
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