2 Corinthians 7:5-7

Paul's Joy

⁵ For even _q when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn - _r fighting without and fear within. ⁶ But _s God, who comforts the downcast, _t comforted us by the coming of Titus, ⁷ and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

1. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 2:13
   My spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 32:25
   Outdoors the sword shall bereave, and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
   Lamentations 1:20
   Look, O Lord, for I am in distress; my stomach churns; my heart is wrung within me, because I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves; in the house it is like death.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 1:4
   Who 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.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 7:13
   Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
   1 Thessalonians 3:6 - 7
   But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you -