Commentary on verse 7

VERS. VII. And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing that as you are partakers of the suffering, so you shall be also of the consolation.

VERS. VII. And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing that as you are partakers of the suffering, so you shall be also of the consolation.

This verse is nothing but a strengthening of what he said before; he had told them that whatsoever he suffered, it was for their comfort too; and now he repeats it again, and sets a seal upon it, Our hope of you is steadfast, knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you shall also be of the consolation. In these words he shows that they shall share in the good with him, as well as in the ill; that the Spirit of God in them, should help them to take all the good they could, both by his sufferings, and by his comfort. For as he by the help of the spirit of God intended the public good, intended their good and comfort in all, whether he were afflicted or comforted; so he saith here, he was assured that as they were partakers of his sufferings, so they should be of his comforts likewise.

THis verse is nothing but a strengthning of what he said before; he had told them that whatsoever he suffered, it was for their comfort too; and now he repeats it again, and sets a seal upon it, Our hope of you is stedfast, knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you shall also be of the consolation. In these words he shews that they shall share in the good with him, as well as in the ill; that the Spirit of God in them, should help them to take all the good they could, both by his sufferings, and by his comfort. For as he by the help of the spirit of God intended the publique good, intended their good and comfort in all, whether he were afflicted or comforted; so he saith here, he was assured that as they were partakers of his sufferings, so they should be of his comforts likewise.

Here is the truth: