2 Corinthians 1:6 “If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are c…”

2 Corinthians 1:6

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

World English Bible

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

American Standard Version

But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

Geneva Bible 1599

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and saluation, which is wrought in the induring of the same sufferings, which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and saluation.

Darby Translation

But whether we are in tribulation, [it is] for your encouragement and salvation, wrought in the endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer,

Young's Literal Translation

and whether we be in tribulation, [it is] for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation;

Bible in Basic English

But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

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Cross references

“whether”

2 Timothy 2:10 2 Corinthians 4:15–18 2 Corinthians 1:4 1 Corinthians 3:21–23

2 Timothy 2:10 · BSB

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

2 Corinthians 4:15–18 · BSB

All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 1:4 · BSB

who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

1 Corinthians 3:21–23 · BSB

Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

“it is”

Acts 21:5

Acts 21:5 · BSB

But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

“effectual”

Romans 8:28 Philippians 1:19 2 Corinthians 5:5 Romans 5:3–5 2 Corinthians 4:17 Hebrews 12:10

Romans 8:28 · BSB

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Philippians 1:19 · BSB

because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

2 Corinthians 5:5 · BSB

And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

Romans 5:3–5 · BSB

Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

2 Corinthians 4:17 · BSB

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

Hebrews 12:10 · BSB

Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

Also

Ephesians 3:13 2 Corinthians 12:15

Ephesians 3:13 · BSB

So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

2 Corinthians 12:15 · BSB

And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

7And 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.

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