Isa 40:1, Rom 15:13, 2Cor 1:4-6, Col 4:8, 1Th 3:2, 5:14, 2Th 2:16-17 | ESV | STEP | Comfort , comfort my people , says your God .

Isaiah 40:1

Comfort for God’s People

1 ^aComfort, comfort my people, says your God.

Romans 15:13

13 May the God of hope fill you with all ^bjoy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

2 Corinthians 1:4-6

4 ^cwho comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in ^dChrist’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. ^{▼▼Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ} 6 ^fIf we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.

Colossians 4:8

8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,

1 Thessalonians 3:2

2 and we ^gsent Timothy, ^hour brother and God’s coworker ^{▼▼Some manuscripts servant} in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

1 Thessalonians 5:14

14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish ^jthe idle, ^{▼▼Or disorderly, or undisciplined} ^lencourage the fainthearted, ^mhelp the weak, ⁿbe patient with them all.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, ^owho loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good ^phope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and ^qestablish them in every good work and word.