God of All Comfort

³fBlessed be the gGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and hGod of all comfort, ⁴iwho comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ⁵For as we share abundantly in jChrist's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.1 ⁶kIf we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. ⁷Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you lshare in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

⁸For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,2 of mthe affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. ⁹Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us nrely not on ourselves obut on God pwho raises the dead. ¹⁰qHe delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. rOn him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. ¹¹sYou also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf tfor the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.

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