2 Corinthians 1:4

1:4 who comforts us in all our troubles ¹  so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble ²  with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Mark 10:49

10:49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So ³  they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”

Romans 15:13

15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, ⁴  so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:1

Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak

15:1 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. ⁵ 

Romans 4:18

4:18 Against hope Abraham ⁶  believed ⁷  in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations ⁸  according to the pronouncement, ⁹  “so will your descendants be.” ¹⁰ 

Romans 4:2

4:2 For if Abraham was declared righteous ¹¹  by the works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.

Romans 2:16-17

2:16 on the day when God will judge ¹²  the secrets of human hearts, ¹³  according to my gospel ¹⁴  through Christ Jesus.

The Condemnation of the Jew

2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law ¹⁵  and boast of your relationship to God ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Or “our trials”; traditionally, “our affliction.” The term θλῖψις (qliyi") refers to trouble (including persecution) that involves direct suffering (L&N 22.2).

² tn Or “any trials”; traditionally, “any affliction.”

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

⁴ tn Grk “in the believing” or “as [you] believe,” with the object “him” supplied from the context. The referent could be God (15:13a) or Christ (15:12).

⁵ tn Grk “and not please ourselves.” NT Greek negatives used in contrast like this are often not absolute, but relative: “not so much one as the other.”

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “who against hope believed,” referring to Abraham. The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁸ sn A quotation from Gen 17:5.

⁹ tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.”

¹⁰ sn A quotation from Gen 15:5.

¹¹ tn Or “was justified.”

¹² tn The form of the Greek word is either present or future, but it is best to translate in future because of the context of future judgment.

¹³ tn Grk “of people.”

¹⁴ sn On my gospel cf. Rom 16:25; 2 Tim 2:8.

¹⁵ sn The law refers to the Mosaic law, described mainly in the OT books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

¹⁶ tn Grk “boast in God.” This may be an allusion to Jer 9:24.