Consolation - console
During my daily reading I was fascinated by 2 Corinthians 1, what can be learned in half the chapter: negative as well as positive. First the negative experiences. Negative experiences Verses 5x Tribulation 4,6+8 3x Suffer 6+7 1x despairing of life 8 Positive experiences Verses 1x Grace 2 1x Praise God 3 1x Compassion 3 11x Consolation, comfort, be comforted, Unhurt 3-7 1x Hope 7+10 1x Trust in God 9 1x Help through intercession 11 1x Many people thank God 11 I would like to go into 2 Corinthians 1 verses 3-7 (ESV) in more detail. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 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. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and sa...