Now if we are afflicted, (A)it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

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If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;(A) if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.

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10 Therefore (A)I endure all things for the sake of the [a]elect, (B)that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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  1. 2 Timothy 2:10 chosen ones

10 Therefore I endure everything(A) for the sake of the elect,(B) that they too may obtain the salvation(C) that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.(D)

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

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:4 tribulation

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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15 For (A)all things are for your sakes, that (B)grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

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16 Therefore we (C)do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is (D)being renewed day by day. 17 For (E)our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 (F)while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving(A) to overflow to the glory of God.

16 Therefore we do not lose heart.(B) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly(C) we are being renewed(D) day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(E) 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,(F) since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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To Live Is Christ

19 For I know that (A)this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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19 for I know that through your prayers(A) and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ(B) what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.[a](C)

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  1. Philippians 1:19 Or vindication; or salvation

Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also (A)has given us the Spirit as [a]a guarantee.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:5 down payment, earnest

Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(A)

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28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those (A)who are the called according to His purpose.

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28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(A) of those who love him, who[a] have been called(B) according to his purpose.(C)

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  1. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who

13 (A)Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, (B)which is your glory.

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13 I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

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10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, (A)that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no [a]chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields (B)the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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  1. Hebrews 12:11 discipline

10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.(A) 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(B) for those who have been trained by it.

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15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent (A)for your souls; though (B)the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

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15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.(A) If I love you more,(B) will you love me less?

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21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For (A)all things are yours: 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. 23 And (B)you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

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21 So then, no more boasting about human leaders!(A) All things are yours,(B) 22 whether Paul or Apollos(C) or Cephas[a](D) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(E)—all are yours, 23 and you are of Christ,(F) and Christ is of God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter

And not only that, but (A)we also glory in tribulations, (B)knowing that tribulation produces [a]perseverance; (C)and perseverance, [b]character; and character, hope. (D)Now hope does not disappoint, (E)because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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  1. Romans 5:3 endurance
  2. Romans 5:4 approved character

Not only so, but we[a] also glory in our sufferings,(A) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;(B) perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope(C) does not put us to shame, because God’s love(D) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,(E) who has been given to us.

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  1. Romans 5:3 Or let us

When we had come to the end of those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all accompanied us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city. And (A)we knelt down on the shore and prayed.

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When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(A)

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