What Does 2 Corinthians 7:6 Mean in the King James?
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
God’s comfort reaches the low place through another person’s arrival.
THE MEANING
Feeling cast down does not place you beyond God’s care; this verse shows comfort reaching you in that very low place. It may arrive through another person’s presence.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that feeling low means you must recover alone; comfort can reach you through someone else.
THE ROOT
παρακαλῶν
parakalōn
GROWS FROM
παρακαλ-
parakal-
To comfort or console.
“comforteth / comforted” in this verse is parakalōn. The same verb describes God’s action and what happens to “us.” The comfort is not abstract: it reaches you through Titus’s presence.
ALSO GROWS
paraklēsis: comfort, consolation
παράκλησις
The same word family gives a name to the consolation this verse says you receive.
paraklētos: helper, advocate, comforter
παράκλητος
This related word shows the family’s personal dimension: comfort can take the form of someone who is present to help.
ταπεινούς
tapeinous
GROWS FROM
ταπειν-
tapein-
Low, brought low, humble.
“Cast down” carries a spatial picture: the low place. God’s comfort reaches people there; their low state is not outside the verse’s care.
ALSO GROWS
tapeinoō: to lower, humble
ταπεινόω
The verb makes the movement into a low position explicit, echoing the state named in this verse.
tapeinōsis: low estate, humiliation
ταπείνωσις
This related noun shows that the word family can name the condition of being brought low, not just a humble attitude.
THE PATTERN
Comfort meets vulnerability through nearness and presence.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.THE THREAD
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.The same Greek word family runs through both passages: God gives comfort, and the comfort received becomes comfort offered to others. Titus’s arrival makes that movement visible through a person’s presence.
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