He'll Take The Pain Away

Kirk Franklin frames this one as testimony rather than promise alone — "I tried him for myself, and I'm a living witness that God will take the pain away." "Though you've been searchin' for such a long time, searchin' for hope and some peace of mind" reaches for Matthew 11:28's invitation, "come to me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest."

"If any man be in Jesus, brand new" quotes 2 Corinthians 5:17 almost directly — "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation." The song never specifies what the pain is, keeping the promise broad enough to apply to whatever the listener actually carries, while the repeated refrain functions less like a bridge to a bigger idea and more like the whole point being restated until it's absorbed.