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# comfort
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## Definition
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The term "comfort" means to help someone who is grieving because of physical or emotional pain.
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* In the Bible, the term comfort is often used to describe God's compassion toward his people.
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* The prophet Isaiah refers to God comforting his people who are suffering.
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* In the New Testament it says that God will comfort his people through the Holy Spirit. Those who receive the comfort are then enabled to give the same comfort to others who are suffering.
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* Depending onthe context, "comfort" could also be translated as, "ease the pain of" or "help
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