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NASB | 2 Corinthians 1:5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 1:5 For just as Christ's sufferings are ours in abundance [as they overflow to His followers], so also our comfort [our reassurance, our encouragement, our consolation] is abundant through Christ [it is truly more than enough to endure what we must]. |
Subject: 2 Corinthians- What is 'suffering' |
Bible Note: "This does not create a theological problem for me." Then which is it? Did God give the thorn in the flesh or was Satan willingly doing the sanctifying work of God? 'In context...the truth that "by His wounds we were healed" does not change. His wounds, our healing.' Yes, our spiritual healing. That is what the context suggests, and no support is found for any alternative understanding. To say that the single clause in 1 Peter 2:24 refers to physical sickness would be forcing a meaning onto the text that doesn't fit in with anything Peter is talking about this passage (or even in the whole of his epistle). You many choose to hold to that understanding, but that doesn't change the fact that, exegetically speaking, it is an unwarranted one. --Joe! |