2 Corinthians 7:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

But

2 John 1:4

Earnest

Jude 1:3

Mourning

Fervent

2 Corinthians 1:14

2 Corinthians 2:3

1 Thessalonians 3:6

Bible References

But

Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;

that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ.

for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.

Earnest

For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.

Mourning

For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your wrath.

For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

For I

confess my iniquity;

I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;

According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;

Bring me back that I may be restored,

For You are the Lord my God.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

Fervent

just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,