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, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

for if even in the flesh I am absent -- yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

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

I rejoiced exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, even as a command we did receive from the Father;

Earnest

for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves,

And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,

and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

Because of this it behoveth us more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,

Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray -- not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

Mourning

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

And it cometh to pass, when the messenger of Jehovah speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep,

To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

For -- a moment is in His anger, Life is in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap,

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou art Jehovah my God.

Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.

and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him -- 'Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

Fervent

according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;

and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

And now Timotheus having come unto us from you, and having declared good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us always, desiring much to see us, as we also to see you,