Comfort in Affliction (2 Corinthians 1:3–4)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 2 Corinthians 1:3–4, David Platt reminds us that God is our only true and lasting source of comfort in affliction. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.3	2 Corinthians chapter 1, verses 3 and 4.
0:10.5	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
0:15.0	the Father of Mercies, and God of all comfort,
0:19.8	who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who
0:27.8	are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
0:35.6	So if you were paying attention there, you heard the word comfort over and over
0:40.5	again. And it's such a beautiful picture here of first and foremost God as our comforter. I love the
0:51.2	descriptions of God here. He's the Father of Mercies.
0:56.5	Just let that so can.
0:58.4	For all who know Jesus, you know God, not just as Father, which is stunning, but the Father of Mercies.
1:09.2	The Father who has new, sufficient mercy waiting for you every moment.
1:15.6	And how much more do we need this when we're walking through affliction, which is what this whole
1:20.8	passage is about. God is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. So I know there are people listening to this who are walking
1:30.8	through all sorts of affliction right now. And even for those who are not walking through
1:36.3	affliction, you're familiar with affliction in the past, or you will be familiar with
1:41.7	affliction in the days to come. And God says, I am your comfort. I have
1:48.7	mercy that is sufficient for you in every moment of your affliction who comforts us in all our
1:55.4	affliction, no matter what our affliction is. But then verse four says so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any
2:03.1	affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. So God's comfort
2:08.8	is not intended to stop with us. God's comfort is intended to spread through us. And just think
2:17.0	about this. You are intended to spread through us. And just think about this. You are intended to be a picture, a manifestation,
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