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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: Good point, when you state, if I believe Scripture confirms my belief. It DOES confirm it – over and over and over - which is WHY I believe it. God's Word is what “taught” me. Too many have tried to "teach" me the erroneous concept that God has nothing to do with sickness, and that ALL sickness is of and only from satan. Realizing that Scripture “translates” Scripture, I can’t find any Scriptures that back up their doctrine about satan being the source of sickness. I, and my wife, have been healed numerous times over the years. I have prayed for people to be healed, and they have been healed. Feeling a check in my spirit, there have been times when I have NOT prayed for someone’s healing too. I am seldom sick, but when I am sick, it has always been for my benefit. And that verse you quoted in a previous posting fits. ALL things DO work together for good. ALL THINGS includes NOT just perfect health, but it includes sickness too. And it is so true. You mentioned that “Jesus could do no great works there because of unbelief.” Interesting, (that word “there”) because "there" doesn’t “necessarily” include anywhere except “there” wherever “there” happened to be. In other places, Jesus was very “selective” with His healing. The man at the pool couldn’t get in when the angel stirred the water because someone else always beat him into the pool. Every ailing person around that pool had “the faith” to be healed when the angel stirred the water. Only one at a time got healed, until that angel came back later to stir the water again. YET JESUS ONLY HEALED that one (who knows how many others missed their turn) who wasn’t able to get in fast enough. If God expects ALL with faith to receive “their healing”, why didn’t as many as could get into the pool receive healing? For that matter, why didn’t Jesus tell everyone, “You are all healed, go on home”? It is obvious they ALL had the faith - because they were "there" TO BE HEALED. How many times did Jesus walk by the man who was healed by Peter in Acts 3? That man had been placed there daily for years. And how come Peter didn’t heal him the day, week, or month before? It says they went there everyday to pray. And it says the man was laid there every day. There are soooooooooooo many other examples that cancel the doctrine of “perfect health” for all. Jesus even said in effect, "Doctors are for the sick." If sickness is NOT of God. Neither are doctors. Respectfully, Taleb |