⁴ He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.

⁶ But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus. ⁷ His presence was a joy, but so was the news he brought of the encouragement he received from you. When he told us how much you long to see me, and how sorry you are for what happened, and how loyal you are to me, I was filled with joy!

¹¹ So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

¹⁶ Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, ¹⁷ comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.

Comfort for God’s People

¹² So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees.

¹⁸ No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.

¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,^[a] who will never leave you.