Palavras de conforto
Deus é o Deus de todo conforto. Ele consola os que choram, restaura os quebrantados e promete que a dor presente dará lugar à alegria eterna.
O Deus de toda consolação
Bendito seja o Deus e Pai de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, Pai das misericórdias e Deus de toda consolação, que nos consola em todas as tribulações.
3 Blessed is God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,4 who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;
3 Blessed is God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,4 who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;5 because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ does abound also our comfort;6 and whether we be in tribulation, it is for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation;7 and our hope is stedfast for you, knowing that even as you are partakers of the sufferings -- so also of the comfort.
5 because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ does abound also our comfort;
Promessas de restauração
Deus sarará o quebrantado de coração e atará as suas feridas. Quem semeia em lágrimas, colherá com júbilo.
Paz e descanso
Jesus disse: 'Vinde a mim, todos os cansados e sobrecarregados, e eu vos aliviarei.' A paz de Deus que excede todo entendimento guarda o coração.
28 'Come unto me, all you labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,
28 'Come unto me, all you labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,29 take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls,
4 'Blessed the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.
27 'Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world does give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;
33 these things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace, in the world you shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'
22 'And you, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one does take from you,
6 for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;
7 and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Esperança eterna
Deus enxugará toda lágrima. A dor presente é momentânea, mas a glória futura é eterna. O Senhor transforma luto em dança.
3 and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, 'Lo, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them -- their God,4 and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'
5 And He who is sitting upon the throne said, 'Lo, new I make all things; and He said to me, 'Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'
13 and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.
2 and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
Nunca sozinhos
Deus nunca nos abandona. Ele está ao nosso lado em cada vale, segura nossa mão e promete que o choro não durará para sempre.
5 Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He has said, 'No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake you,'
17 so that if any one is in Christ -- he is a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
19 so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.
6 be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,7 all your care having cast upon Him, because He cares for you.
29 And Jesus answering said, 'Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',30 who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;
16 and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you -- to the age;17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it does not behold him, nor know him, and you know him, because he does remain with you, and shall be in you.18 'I will not leave you bereaved, I come unto you;