Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 1:5

5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us , so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ .

He calleth his, and the other Apostles sufferings, the Sufferings of Christ, either because they were sufferings for Christ; that is, for doing the work which Christ had given them to do: Or his and their personal sufferings as Members of that Body, of which Christ is the Head. Christ calleth Sauls persecuting the Saints, a persecuting of himself, Acts 9.4. Thus we read of Pauls filling up that which is behind of the Sufferings of Christ, Col. 1.24.

But, saith the Apostle, blessed be God, as we have many sufferings for Christ, so also we have many consolations by Christ. Christ, as God, is the efficient Cause of the Saints consolation; as Mediator, dying for us, he is the meritorious Cause; and it is by his Spirit (who is called the Comforter) that they are applied to us.

Marginal references: C[illegible: 1 letter]p. 4.10.