Comfort

Comfort is consolation and strength given in sorrow or trouble. God is the God of all comfort, the Holy Spirit is the Comforter, and believers are to comfort one another.

The God of all comfort

• 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
  ³Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.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.
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• Isaiah 66:13
  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
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• Isaiah 51:12
  I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
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• Psalm 23:4
  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
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Comfort in sorrow

• Matthew 5:4
  Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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• Psalm 34:18
  The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
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• Psalm 147:3
  He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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• Revelation 21:4
  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
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The Comforter

• John 14:16-18
  ¹⁶And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— ¹⁷Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. ¹⁸I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
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• John 14:26
  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
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Comfort from Scripture

• Psalm 119:50
  This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
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• Romans 15:4
  For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
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Comfort one another

• 1 Thessalonians 4:18
  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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• 1 Thessalonians 5:11
  Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
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• 2 Corinthians 7:6
  Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
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See also

• Grief
• Suffering
• Hope
• Encouragement

Notes

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