Study it in the app“who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
In the midst of his affliction, Paul calls God the “God of all comfort”Comfort
who comfortsὁ παρακαλῶνusἡμᾶςinἐπὶallπάσῃour affliction,τῇ θλίψει ἡμῶνso thatεἰς τὸwe may be ableδύνασθαι ἡμᾶςto comfortπαρακαλεῖνthoseτοὺςinἐνanyπάσῃafflictionθλίψειwithδιὰthe comfortτῆς παρακλήσεωςwith whichἧςwe ourselvesαὐτοὶare comfortedπαρακαλούμεθαbyὑπὸGod.τοῦ θεοῦ
comfort
To bring relief to one who suffers.
Where else “parakalōn” appearstrouble, affliction
Affliction, distress, pressure.
Where else “thlipsei” appearscan, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynasthai” appearscomfort
The relief God or fellow believers give.
Where else “paraklēseōs” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
4 · This verse (above)
5For just as the sufferings of the Messiah overflow to us, so through the Messiah our comfort also overflows.
