“And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.”
And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort — Paul affirms the Corinthians' participation in both his suffering and consolation. This mutuality, despite tensions, grounds his confidence that they will stand firm. The unity forged through shared hardship cannot be broken.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 1:7
Having spoken of one, and that the chief ground of comfort and consolation, namely, having fellowship [by sufferings] with Christ: he lays down as second this which he now mentions, namely, that the salvation of the disciples themselves was procured thereby. “Faint not, therefore, he says, nor be confounded and afraid because we are afflicted; for this same thing were rather a reason for your being of good cheer: for had we not been afflicted, this had been the ruin of you…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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