God of All Comfort
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e Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
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who f comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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For as g the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
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Now if we are afflicted, h it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
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And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that i as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.
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For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of j our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.
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Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should k not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
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l who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,
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you also m helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf n for the gift granted to us through many.
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Cross References
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
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Cross References
Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?
Isaiah 66:13
As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you; And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 7:6
Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
2 Corinthians 7:7
And not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
2 Corinthians 7:13
Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
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Cross References
Acts 9:4
Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?
2 Corinthians 4:10
Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
Philippians 3:10
That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.
Colossians 1:24
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church.
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:15
For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles -
Ephesians 3:13
Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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Cross References
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
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Cross References
Acts 19:23
And about that time there arose a great commotion about the Way.
1 Corinthians 15:32
If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!
1 Corinthians 16:9
For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.
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Cross References
2 Peter 2:9
Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment.
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Cross References
Romans 15:30
Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me.
Philippians 1:19
For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:15
For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 9:11
While you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.
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