2Cor 1:6 | JFB | STEP | 6. we ... afflicted ... for your consolation-- exemplifying the communion of saints. Their hearts were, so to speak, mirrors reflecting the likenesses of each other ( , 27) [Bengel]. Alike the afflictions and the consolations of the apostle tend, as in him so in them, as having communion with him, to their consolation ( ; ). The Greek for "afflicted" is the same as before, and ought to be translated, "Whether we be in tribulation." which is effectual-- literally, "worketh effectually." in the enduring, &c.-- that is, in enabling you to endure "the same sufferings which we also suffer." Here follows, in the oldest manuscripts (not as English Version in the beginning of ), the clause, "And our hope is steadfast on your behalf."

‏ 2 Corinthians 1:6

6. we ... afflicted ... for your consolation--exemplifying the communion of saints. Their hearts were, so to speak, mirrors reflecting the likenesses of each other (Php 2:26, 27) [Bengel]. Alike the afflictions and the consolations of the apostle tend, as in him so in them, as having communion with him, to their consolation (2Co 1:4; 4:15). The Greek for "afflicted" is the same as before, and ought to be translated, "Whether we be in tribulation."

which is effectual--literally, "worketh effectually."

in the enduring, &c.--that is, in enabling you to endure "the same sufferings which we also suffer." Here follows, in the oldest manuscripts (not as English Version in the beginning of 2Co 1:7), the clause, "And our hope is steadfast on your behalf."