2 Corinthians 1:6

New International Version

⁶If 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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2 Corinthians 1:6-7

The Message

^6-7When we suffer for Jesus, it works out for your healing and salvation. If we are treated well, given a helping hand and encouraging word, that also works to your benefit, spurring you on, face forward, unflinching. Your hard times are also our hard times. When we see that you’re just as willing to endure the hard times as to enjoy the good times, we know you’re going to make it, no doubt about it.

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2 Corinthians 1:6

Amplified Bible

⁶But if we are troubled and distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted and encouraged, it is for your comfort, which works [in you] when you patiently endure the same sufferings which we ^[a]experience.

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Footnotes

2 Corinthians 1:6 Lit suffer.

2 Corinthians 1:6

Names of God Bible

⁶Besides, if we suffer, it brings you comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, we can effectively comfort you when you endure the same sufferings that we endure.

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2 Corinthians 1:6

BRG Bible

⁶And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

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