We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.
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.
- KJV And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
- 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.
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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 indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
- 2 Th 1:4–7so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
- Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
- 1 Th 1:3–4remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
- Jas 1:2–4Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
- 2 Tim 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.
- 2 Cor 12:20For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
- 1 Cor 10:13No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- 2 Cor 7:9I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
- 2 Cor 1:14as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
- Luke 22:28–30But you are those who have continued with me in my trials.
- Matt 5:11–12“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Phil 1:6–7being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
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