^4 (A)who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

¹⁶ Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, ^(A)who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good ^(B)hope through grace, ¹⁷ comfort your hearts and ^(C)establish them in every good work and word.

⁶ But ^(A)God, who comforts the downcast, ^(B)comforted us by the coming of Titus, ⁷ and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

Comfort for God's People

¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^(A)Helper,^[a] to be with you forever,

¹² Therefore ^(A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; ^(A)I will come to you.