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

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,

that is, to be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.

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

I was very glad to find some of your children walking in the truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father.

Earnest

Indeed, we groan in this body, desiring to put on our dwelling from heaven,

Thanks be to God who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.

Being in anguish, He prayed more fervently, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.

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

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.

Mourning

For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.

When the Angel of the Lord had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger;
do not discipline me in Your wrath.

For His anger lasts only a moment,
but His favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night,
but there is joy in the morning.

Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being as well.

So I confess my guilt;
I am anxious because of my sin.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.Be gracious to me, God,
according to Your faithful love;
according to Your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.

Those who sow in tears
will reap with shouts of joy.

I have heard Ephraim moaning,
“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined
like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you, Lord, are my God.

Those who mourn are blessed,

for they will be comforted.

and Peter remembered the words Jesus had spoken, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.

Fervent

as you have partially understood us—that we are your reason for pride, as you are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy will also be yours.

But now Timothy has come to us from you and brought us good news about your faith and love and reported that you always have good memories of us, wanting to see us, as we also want to see you.