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2 Corinthians 1:7

What does 2 Corinthians 1:7 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Corinthians 1:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What 2 Corinthians 1:7 means

Paul’s confidence concerning the Corinthians is firm: as they share in sufferings, they will also share in comfort. He does not flatter them with promises of an easy path. Instead, he promises God’s faithfulness on the hard path. Shared suffering fosters solidarity between apostle and church, but more importantly, it connects them to Christ’s pattern. Paul’s hope rests not in their strength but in God’s matching comfort to their trials. This reassures anxious believers: participation in Christ’s afflictions is not a sign of abandonment, but of belonging—and it comes with a matching portion of divine encouragement that sustains perseverance and nourishes joy amid pressure.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and our hope <FI>is<Fi> stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings--so also of the comfort.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

That our hope for you may be steadfast: knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

(and our hope for you [is] sure;) or whether we are encouraged, [it is] for your encouragement and salvation: knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement.

Context

Paul has explained that both his afflictions and his consolations work for the Corinthians’ benefit. Now he directly expresses steadfast hope for them. This hope anchors the transition into a personal testimony of extreme trial in Asia, meant to show how God comforts and delivers beyond human ability. The logic is: what God did for us, he will do for you. The next verses will detail the severity of Paul’s experience, his despair of life, and the spiritual lesson learned—trusting the God who raises the dead.

v.6But 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:

v.7This passage

v.8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:4

    so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

  • Romans 8:17

    and 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 with him.

  • Matthew 5:11

    Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

  • 2 Timothy 2:12

    if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:

  • Philippians 1:6

    being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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