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God is the source for all compassion and encouragement

God encourages us in our tribulation so that we can encourage others

The Suffering of the Christ

Tribulation - Pressure

Suffering

Often associated with physical pain, Luke 24:46

May also be mental, 1 Peter 4:1

Our Encouragement even Salvation, 2 Corinthians 1:6-7

If we are in Tribulations on Behalf of your Encouragement even Salvation , 2 Corinthians 1:6

2 Corinthians 1:6

And whether we are [in] tribulations on behalf of your encouragement even salvation, the [salvation] working in patience of the same sufferings which also we ourselves suffer and our hope is firm on your behalf.

Or whether we are encouraged on behalf of your encouragement even salvation.

The Encouragement Paul is talking about is our Salvation

Not Initial Salvation

Salvation in Time

The encouragement even salvation works out patience

Patience is remaining under pressure without failing

Being Patient in good works, Romans 2:7

Tribulation brings Patience, Romans 5:3

Hope with Patience, Romans 8:25

Letting Patience Work Out is Important in Our Maturity, James 1:4

Patience is A Part of How We Live Godly, 2 Peter 1:6-8

Their Salvation is Working Out The Same Suffering Paul is Enduring

Those who suffer have stopped sinning, 1 Peter 4:1

Suffering for the Sake of Righteousness, not Unrighteousness, 1 Peter 3:14-17

Our Sufferings are a Result of Our Willingness to Work Out Salvation

As We are Partakers of the Suffering So also of the Encouragement, 2 Corinthians 1:7

2 Corinthians 1:7

We intuitively know that just as you are partakers of the sufferings, thus also of the encouragement.

Sharing in Common

We are Partakers of a Quality of the Divine Nature, 2 Peter 1:4

If We Share in Suffering, We Will also Share in Encouragement

Learning To Be Persuaded By God, Not Ourselves, 2 Corinthians 1:8-11

Desiring for the Saints in Corinth to Know Their Tribulation, 2 Corinthians 1:8

2 Corinthians 1:8 (

For we do not desire for you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our tribulation, the one having come to us in Asia, that just as we were excessively burdened, beyond [our] natural ability, so that we despaired also to live.

The Tribulations they Had in Asia

From Paul’s Ministry in Ephesus all of Asia Heard About the Lord, Acts 19:9-10

The Trouble in Ephesus from Demetrius, Acts 19:24- 29

Some Jews from Asia Where the Ones Causing and Uproar When Paul Entered the Temple in Jerusalem, Acts 21:27

The Jealousy of the Jews in Antioch of Pisidia, Acts 13:13-14; Acts 13:42-45

The Jews in Iconium Seeking to Stone Paul, Acts 14:1-6

In the Dispersion, Many Christians were Dispersed into Asia from Judea, 1 Peter 1:1

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens (ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις), scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

There Were Times That Paul Had No Idea If He Was Going to Live Through Them, 2 Corinthians 1:9

2 Corinthians 1:9

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, in order that we should not be persuaded upon ourselves but upon God, the One raising from the dead,

Paul Speaks More of His Tribulations Later in the Letter, 2 Corinthians 11:23-28

Paul Constantly Faced Death for Preaching the Truth, 2 Corinthians 4:12

Our Confidence Needs to be in God, Not Ourselves, 2 Corinthians 1:10

2 Corinthians 1:10

Who rescued us out from so great a death and is delivering.

In Whom we hoped because also He will still deliver,

Our Life is Hidden in Christ, Colossians 3:3

Living a Tranquil and Quiet Life in Godliness, 1 Timothy 2:2

We Do Not Know What Tomorrow Brings, Let’s Do the Will of God Today, James 4:14-15

Their Cry for Paul’s Help, 2 Corinthians 1:11

2 Corinthians 1:11

while you are also together helping concerning us by supplication, in order that out from [the] presence of many unto us the gracious gift, through many it should express gratitude on your behalf.

Conclusion

Our Salvation is Our Encouragement

Not Referring to Initial Salvation

Salvation from Situation We Face in Life

Encouragement Works Our Patience

Patience is an Aspect of Godliness

Trusting God, Not Ourselves

The Troubles Paul Faces for Speaking the Truth

The Jews Seeking to Kill Paul

The Gentiles Seeking to Kill Paul

God Delivering Paul

We Do Not Know What Tomorrow Brings So Let’s Us Live Today To the Will of God, Not Our Own