Isaiah 41:10-14

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¹⁰So do not fear,^(A) for I am with you;^(B)
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen^(C) you and help^(D) you;
I will uphold you^(E) with my righteous right hand.^(F)

¹¹“All who rage^(G) against you
    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;^(H)
those who oppose^(I) you
    will be as nothing and perish.^(J)
¹²Though you search for your enemies,
    you will not find them.^(K)
Those who wage war against you
    will be as nothing^(L) at all.
¹³For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand^(M)
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help^(N) you.
¹⁴Do not be afraid,^(O) you worm^(P) Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help^(Q) you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer,^(R) the Holy One^(S) of Israel.

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Isaiah 49:14-16

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¹⁴But Zion^(A) said, “The Lord has forsaken^(B) me,
the Lord has forgotten me.”

¹⁵“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child^(C) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!^(D)
¹⁶See, I have engraved^(E) you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls^(F) are ever before me.

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2 Corinthians 1:3-11

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Praise to the God of All Comfort

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴who comforts us^(B) in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. ⁵For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,^(C) so also our comfort abounds through Christ. ⁶If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;^(D) if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. ⁷And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,^(E) so also you share in our comfort.

⁸We do not want you to be uninformed,^(F) brothers and sisters,^[a] about the troubles we experienced^(G) in the province of Asia.^(H) We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. ⁹Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God,^(I) who raises the dead.^(J) ¹⁰He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,^(K) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope^(L) that he will continue to deliver us, ¹¹as you help us by your prayers.^(M) Then many will give thanks^(N) on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

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Footnotes

2 Corinthians 1:8 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 8:1; 13:11.