2 Corinthians 7:7

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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

who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced, and was exhorting all that, with purpose of heart, they should cleave to the Lord;

that is, to be comforted together among you through our mutual faith, both yours and mine.

for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the Spirit, rejoicing, and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

because now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

I rejoiced exceedingly, because I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

Earnest

For verily, in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from Heaven;

But thanks be to God Who putteth the same diligence for you into the heart of Titus.

And, being in an agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became, as it were, large drops of blood falling down upon the ground!

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall in nothing be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life, or through death.

For this reason, it is needful that we give the more earnest heed to the things heard, lest at any time we drift past them.

Elijah was a man of like nature with us; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months;

Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, I was constrained to write to you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.

Mourning

For godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world works death.

"Happy are those who mourn: because they shall be comforted,

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, saying, "Before a cock crows, you will thrice deny Me." And, going forth without, he wept bitterly.

Be wretched, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness!

Fervent

as also ye did acknowledge in part, that we are your theme of boasting, as ye also will be ours in the day of our Lord Jesus.

And I wrote this very thing, that I might not, when I came, have sorrow from those of whom I ought to have joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

But, Timothy having just now come to us from you, and having brought us good tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us at all times, longing to see us, as we also to see you??7 for this reason, brethren, we were comforted over you, in all our tribulation and distress, through your faith;