Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Comfort in Suffering

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

(as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.

always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.