2 Corinthians 7:6
New International Version
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

New Living Translation
But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

English Standard Version
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

Berean Standard Bible
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

Berean Literal Bible
But God, the One comforting the downcast, encouraged us by the coming of Titus,

King James Bible
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

New King James Version
Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

New American Standard Bible
But God, who comforts the discouraged, comforted us by the arrival of Titus;

NASB 1995
But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

NASB 1977
But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

Legacy Standard Bible
But God, who comforts the humbled, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

Amplified Bible
But God, who comforts and encourages the depressed and the disquieted, comforted us by the arrival of Titus.

Christian Standard Bible
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

American Standard Version
Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But God, he who comforts the lowly, comforted us with the coming of Titus,

Contemporary English Version
But God cheers up people in need, and this is what he did when he sent Titus to us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But God, who comforteth the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus.

English Revised Version
Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Yet God, who comforts those who are dejected, comforted us when Titus arrived.

Good News Translation
But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us with the coming of Titus.

International Standard Version
Yet God, who comforts those who feel miserable, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

Literal Standard Version
but He who is comforting the cast-down—God—He comforted us in the coming of Titus;

Majority Standard Bible
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

New American Bible
But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus,

NET Bible
But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

New Revised Standard Version
But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,

New Heart English Bible
Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

Weymouth New Testament
But He who comforts the depressed--even God-- comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not by his coming only,

World English Bible
Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

Young's Literal Translation
but He who is comforting the cast-down -- God -- He did comfort us in the presence of Titus;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Paul's Joy in the Corinthians
5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. 6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, 7and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:17
I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.

2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

2 Corinthians 2:13
I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 7:7
and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

2 Corinthians 7:13
On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.

2 Corinthians 7:14
Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.


Treasury of Scripture

Nevertheless God, that comforts those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

that comforteth.

2 Corinthians 1:3,4
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; …

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Isaiah 12:1
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

comforted.

2 Corinthians 2:13
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

1 Corinthians 16:17,18
I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied…

1 Thessalonians 3:2,6,7
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: …

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2 Corinthians 7
1. He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life;
2. and to bear him like affection as he does to them.
3. Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declares what comfort he took in his afflictions
6. by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow,
8. which his former epistle had wrought in them;
13. and of their loving-kindness and obedience toward Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them.














(6) God, that comforteth those that are cast down.--The fact of his own experience seems almost to present itself to his thoughts as constituting an attribute of the divine character. In the word for "cast down" (lowly) we may, perhaps, trace an allusion to the same word used of him by others as a disparaging epithet. (See Note on 2Corinthians 10:1.)

Verse 6. - Who comforteth those that are cast down. "The Comforter of the humble comforted us, even God." The word "humble" has in classical Greek the sense of "mean," "abject." Pride, not humility, was the virtue even of Stoic morality. Christ was the first to reveal the beatitude of lowliness (Matthew 11:29; Luke 1:52). Doubtless the word still retained some of its old associations, and had been used of St. Paul in a disparaging sense (2 Corinthians 10:1). But he whom his opponents accused of so much egotism, ambition, and arrogance, meekly accepts the term and applies it to himself. God (2 Corinthians 1:4). "The God... of consolation" (Romans 15:5). By the coming of Titus. This was the cause of that outburst of joy in 2 Corinthians 2:13, 14, which passage here finds its explanation. The absence of Titus from the Acts is another proof of the fragmentariness of that book. It is evident that he was an ardent, able, active fellow worker, and most beloved friend of the apostle (Galatians 2:1, 3; 2 Timothy 4:10; Titus 1:4; Titus 3:12). We learn most about him from this Epistle.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
ἀλλ’ (all’)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

God,
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

who
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

comforts
παρακαλῶν (parakalōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

downcast,
ταπεινοὺς (tapeinous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5011: Humble, lowly, in position or spirit (in a good sense). Of uncertain derivation; depressed, i.e. humiliated.

comforted
παρεκάλεσεν (parekalesen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

us
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

by
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

arrival
παρουσίᾳ (parousia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3952: From the present participle of pareimi; a being near, i.e. Advent; physically, aspect.

of Titus,
Τίτου (Titou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5103: Of Latin origin but uncertain significance; Titus, a Christian.


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