2 Corinthians 1:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
πάθημα
sufferings
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πάθημα
Suffering, passion, what one experiences. Pathema. The sufferings of Christ overflow into our lives so also through Christ our comfort overflows. Suffering and comfort come together in Christ.
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παράκλησις
comfort
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παράκλησις
Comfort, exhortation, encouragement. Paraklesis. The comfort with which God comforts us overflows to others. The comforted become the comforters. Pain becomes purpose.
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περισσεύω
abound
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περισσεύω
to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
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καθώς
even as
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καθώς
just (or inasmuch) as, that
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