2Cor 1:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. us —idiomatic for me ( ). that we may . . . comfort them which are in any trouble —Translate, as the Greek is the same as before, "tribulation." The apostle lived, not to himself, but to the Church; so, whatever graces God conferred on him, he considered granted not for himself alone, but that he might have the greater ability to help others [CALVIN ]. So participation in all the afflictions of man peculiarly qualified Jesus to be man's comforter in all his various afflictions ( ).

2 Corinthians 1:4

4. us—idiomatic for me (1Th 2:18).

that we may . . . comfort them which are in any trouble—Translate, as the Greek is the same as before, "tribulation." The apostle lived, not to himself, but to the Church; so, whatever graces God conferred on him, he considered granted not for himself alone, but that he might have the greater ability to help others [CALVIN]. So participation in all the afflictions of man peculiarly qualified Jesus to be man's comforter in all his various afflictions (Isa 50:4-6; Heb 4:15).