15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Forgiveness
• Suffering and Perseverance

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 14:3 — But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
• 1Thess 3:7 — Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
• 1Thess 4:18 — Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
• 1Thess 5:11 — Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
• 2Cor 1:5 — For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
• 2Cor 1:6 — And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consol
• 2Cor 7:4 — Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
• 2Cor 7:6 — Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
• 2Cor 7:13 — Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
• 2Cor 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 2Thess 2:16 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Acts 20:12 — And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
• Acts 27:36 — Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
• Col 2:2 — That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of C
• Gen 32:7 — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
• Heb 12:12 — Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
• Isa 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
• Isa 40:1 — Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
• Isa 40:1 — Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
• Isa 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
• Isa 51:3 — For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, t
• Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
• Isa 52:9 — Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
• Isa 57:15 — 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 t
• Isa 61:2 — To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
• Isa 66:12 — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon
• Isa 66:13 — As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
• Jer 14:8 — O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
• John 11:19 — And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
• John 14:16 — And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
• John 14:18 — I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
• John 14:26 — But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
• Luke 22:32 — But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
• Matt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
• Matt 11:30 — For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
• Phil 1:14 — And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
• Ps 32:5 — I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
• Ps 32:7 — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
• Ps 34:2 — My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
• Ps 66:16 — Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.