The God of All Comfort

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and [the] God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves [have received] from God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

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If we are afflicted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation,[fn] which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience. 7 And our hope for you [is] sure; if we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation,[fn] [because] we know that just as vvv you share in [our] sufferings, so also [you will share] in [our] comfort.

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vvv We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in [the province of] Asia.[fn] We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Indeed, we felt vvv we were under the sentence of death, in order that vvv we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

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[He] has delivered us from such a deadly peril and He continues to deliver [us].[fn] In [Him] we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver [us] 11 as you help us by [your] prayers. Then many will give thanks on your behalf[fn] for the favor shown us in answer to [ their prayers ].

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