2 Corinthians 1:6

New American Bible - revised edition

If we are afflicted, it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement, which enables you to endure the same sufferings that we suffer.

Cross References

Acts 21:5

At the end of our stay we left and resumed our journey. All of them, women and children included, escorted us out of the city, and after kneeling on the beach to pray,

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

2 Corinthians 1:4

who encourages us in our every affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your sakes. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

2 Corinthians 5:5

Now the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a first installment.

Ephesians 3:1

Because of this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ [Jesus] for you Gentiles—

Ephesians 3:13

So I ask you not to lose heart over my afflictions for you; this is your glory. Prayer for the Readers.

Philippians 1:19

for I know that this will result in deliverance for me through your prayers and support from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory.