(A)who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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who comforts us(A) in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

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11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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11 Therefore encourage one another(A) and build each other up,(B) just as in fact you are doing.

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12 “I, I am he (A)who comforts you;
    who are you that you are afraid of (B)man who dies,
    of the son of man who is made (C)like grass,

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12 “I, even I, am he who comforts(A) you.
    Who are you that you fear(B) mere mortals,(C)
    human beings who are but grass,(D)

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16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, (A)who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good (B)hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and (C)establish them in every good work and word.

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16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,(A) who loved us(B) and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage(C) your hearts and strengthen(D) you in every good deed and word.

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But (A)God, who comforts the downcast, (B)comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

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But God, who comforts the downcast,(A) comforted us by the coming of Titus,(B) and not only by his coming but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that my joy was greater than ever.

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Comfort for God's People

40 (A)Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

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Comfort for God’s People

40 Comfort, comfort(A) my people,
    says your God.

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16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another (A)Helper,[a] to be with you forever,

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Footnotes

  1. John 14:16 Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate(A) to help you and be with you forever—

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You are a (A)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from (B)trouble;
    you surround me with (C)shouts of deliverance. Selah

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You are my hiding place;(A)
    you will protect me from trouble(B)
    and surround me with songs of deliverance.(C)

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12 Therefore (A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,

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12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(A)

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18 “I will not leave you as orphans; (A)I will come to you.

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18 I will not leave you as orphans;(A) I will come to you.(B)

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My soul (A)makes its boast in the Lord;
    let the humble hear and (B)be glad.
Oh, (C)magnify the Lord with me,
    and let us exalt his name together!

I (D)sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are (E)radiant,
    and their faces shall never be ashamed.
(F)This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
    and (G)saved him out of all his troubles.

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I will glory(A) in the Lord;
    let the afflicted hear and rejoice.(B)
Glorify the Lord(C) with me;
    let us exalt(D) his name together.

I sought the Lord,(E) and he answered me;
    he delivered(F) me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;(G)
    their faces are never covered with shame.(H)
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.(I)

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12 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and (B)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
    and bounced upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
    so (C)I will comfort you;
    you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
    (D)your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and (E)the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
    and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

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12 For this is what the Lord says:

“I will extend peace(A) to her like a river,(B)
    and the wealth(C) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried(D) on her arm
    and dandled on her knees.
13 As a mother comforts her child,(E)
    so will I comfort(F) you;
    and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice(G)
    and you will flourish(H) like grass;
the hand(I) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,(J)
    but his fury(K) will be shown to his foes.

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The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

12 You[a] will say (A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
    for though you were angry with me,
(B)your anger turned away,
    that you might comfort me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1

Songs of Praise

12 In that day(A) you will say:

“I will praise(B) you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(C)
    and you have comforted(D) me.

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