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 consolation and salvation.

And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

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Now if we are afflicted, (A)it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that (B)as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation.

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For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of (C)our [a]trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:8 tribulation

But if we are afflicted, it is (A)for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that (B)as you are partners in our sufferings, so also you are in our comfort.

For (C)we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our (D)affliction which occurred in [a](E)Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:8 I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor