2 Corinthians 1:5

“For just as the sufferings of the Messiah overflow to us, so through the Messiah our comfort also overflows.”

2 Corinthians 1:5 · direct translation from the Greek
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2 Corinthians 1:5, word by word

the sufferingsπαθήματαpathēmata

suffering

What one has to endure.

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of the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou

Messiah

Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.

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overflowπερισσεύειperisseuei

abound

To have plenty, and more and more.

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our comfortπαράκλησιςparaklēsis

comfort

The relief God or fellow believers give.

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The context

4who 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.

5 · This verse (above)

6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is at work in perseverance in the same sufferings that we also suffer.

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