2 Corinthians 1:7 (ASV)

Passage

and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:6 But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

2 Corinthians 1:7 and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

2 Corinthians 1:8 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

2 Corinthians 1:9 yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hope", "stedfast", "knowing", "partakers", "sufferings", and "comfort". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hope" and "stedfast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "But whether we are afflicted it is..." into verse 8's "For we would not have you ignorant...", so "hope" and "stedfast" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hope" and "stedfast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.