(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and (B)God of all comfort, who (C)comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in [a]any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just (D)as the sufferings of Christ are [b]ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. But if we are afflicted, it is (E)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 (F)as you are partners in our sufferings, so also you are in our comfort.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:4 Lit every
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:5 Lit to us

Thanksgiving for God’s Compassion and Comfort

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in all affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, thus through Christ our comfort overflows also. But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that is at work in the patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we[a] know that as you are sharers in the sufferings, so also you will be sharers in the comfort.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:7 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as causal