The God of All Comfort — Scripture for Someone Grieving (2 Corinthians 1:3-7)
2 Corinthians 1:3-7 · Berean Standard Bible
Paul calls God "the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles." This is the passage to send someone who is grieving: it promises that God does not stand at a distance from our pain but draws near to comfort — and that the comfort we receive is meant to overflow to others walking the same valley. Grief, here, is never wasted or faced alone.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
7And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
Read the wider context: 2 Corinthians 1.
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