2 Corinthians 1:4 Cross References - ISV

⁴ who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, as we ourselves are being comforted by God.

⁵ My sin I acknowledged to you; my iniquity I did not hide. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin! Interlude

⁷ You are my hiding place; you will deliver me from trouble and surround me with shouts of deliverance. Interlude

² My soul will glorify the LORD; the humble will hear about it and rejoice. ³ Magnify the LORD with me! Let us lift up his name together! ⁴ I sought the LORD and he answered me; he delivered me from all of my fears. ⁵ Look to him and be radiant; and you will not be ashamed. ⁶ This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard and delivered him from all of his distress.

¹⁶ Come and listen, all of you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me.

¹⁷ Show me a sign of your goodness, so that those who hate me will see it and be ashamed. For you, LORD, will help and comfort me.

¹ Israel’s Praise to the LORD At that time, you will say: “I will praise you, LORD, for although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.

¹ God Comforts His People “Comfort! Yes, comfort my people,” says your God.

¹⁰ They won’t hunger or thirst, nor will the desert heat or sun beat upon them; for the one who has compassion on them will drive them and guide them alongside springs of water.

³ For the LORD will have compassion on Zion, have compassion on all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her deserts like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving, and the sound of singing. Sorrow and sighing will flee away.

¹² “I—yes, I—am the one who comforts you. Who are you, that you are so afraid of humans who will die, descendants of mere men, who have been made like grass?

⁹ “Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the LORD has comforted his people, and he has redeemed Jerusalem.

¹² The Rule of GodThis is what the LORD says: “See, I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; and you will nurse, and you will be carried on her hip, and bounced upon her knees. ¹³ Like a child whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And when you look, your hearts will rejoice and your bodies will flourish like grass; and it will be made known that the LORD’s hand is with his servants, but his fury is with his enemies.

¹⁶ I will ask the Father to give you another Helper, to be with you always.

¹⁸ I’m not going to forsake you like orphans. I will come back to you.

²⁶ But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything that I have told you.

⁵ For as the Messiah’s sufferings overflow into us, so also our comfort overflows through the Messiah. ⁶ If we suffer, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are suffering.

⁶ Yet God, who comforts those who feel miserable, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, ⁷ and not only by his arrival but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing for me, your sorrow, and your eagerness to take my side, and this made me even happier.

¹³ This is what comforted us. In addition to our own comfort, we were even more delighted at the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been set at rest by all of you.

¹⁴ Moreover, because of my imprisonment the Lord has caused most of the brothers to become confident to speak God’s word more boldly and courageously than ever before.

¹⁸ So then, encourage one another with these words.

¹¹ So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing.

¹⁶ May our Lord Jesus, the Messiah himself, and may God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, ¹⁷ encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good action and word.

¹² Live as God’s PeopleTherefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,