“For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.”Ħ. “For the Lord will not cast off forever, but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love for he does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of men.” Lamentations 3:31-33: Sovereignty in Suffering It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.”Ĥ. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases his mercies never come to an end they are new every morning great is your faithfulness. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.”ģ. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. “For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 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. 2 Corinthians 1:3-7: Finding Comfort in Christ “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”Ģ. Bible verses are listed in the English Standard Version (ESV).
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