ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 1 v5

SUFFERING AND COMFORT. ORIGEN: If as the sufferings of Christ abound so also comfort abounds through Christ, let us welcome the great encouragement of Christ’s sufferings and let them abound in us, if we indeed yearn for the abundant comfort with which all who mourn will be comforted, though perhaps it will not be alike for everyone. For if the comfort were alike for everyone, it would not be written, “As the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.” Those who share in sufferings will share also in the comfort in proportion to the suffering they share with Christ. And we learn this from the one who made such statements with unshaken conviction, for “we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.” EXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM 42.

SHARING IN CHRIST’S COMFORT. AMBROSIASTER: It is clear that Christ himself, for whose sake we are suffering, is present with us, consoling us and rescuing us from trouble by his divine intervention. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

ABUNDANT CONSOLATION. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul did not want to depress the disciples with an exaggerated account of his sufferings, so instead of that he declares how great the consolation was that he received, reminding them of Christ. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 1.4.

VISION OF SOUL. ISAAC OF NINEVEH: Now by consolation he means theoria, which, being interpreted, is vision of soul. Vision gives birth to consolation. ASCETICAL HOMILIES 74.

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