Comfort

• 2 Corinthians 1:3 (ASV)
• 2 Corinthians 1:4 (ASV)
• 2 Corinthians 1:5 (ASV)
• 2 Corinthians 1:6 (ASV)
• 2 Corinthians 1:7 (ASV)

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The verb of the Greek word for hope here (parakleseos) means roughly, "to come alongside and help" as opposed to "to offer sympathy" as we often think of comfort. It is the same word that the NT uses to describe the Holy Spirit.

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