2 Corinthians 1:7

And our hope of you is stedfast Most editors agree in placing these words before-or whether we be comforted," &c. It would seem to be their most natural place, for not only do they come awkwardly before the word -knowing," but the expression of the hope is more appropriate in reference to the endurance by the Corinthians of suffering than to their enjoyment of encouragement. The majority of the best MSS. are in favour of this arrangement of the sentence. The text is in great confusion here.

as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation Literally, sharers. See 1 Corinthians 1:9, and note. Christians -had all things," even sufferings, in -common." Cf. 1 Corinthians 15:46; 1 Corinthians 15:49. Also Romans 8:17-23, ch. 2 Corinthians 4:17. The words -shall ye be" are not in the original. It would be better to supply -are," the encouragement being not a promise for the future, but a present possession. Observe the way in which yeand youare used indiscriminately as the nominative in the edition of 1611. Cf. also 2 Corinthians 1:13. In the later editions yehas been substituted. The substitution commenced in 1661, and gradually made its way after that time. The rule that yeis used only "in questions, entreaties, and rhetorical appeals" (see Abbott's Shaksperian Grammar, 236) does not seem to hold good here.