2 Corinthians 1:1–8

Greeting

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, ^aand Timothy ^bour ^cbrother:

To God’s church at Corinth, ^dwith all the saints who are throughout Achaia. ^e

²Grace to you and peace ^ffrom God our Father ^gand the Lord Jesus Christ.

The God of Comfort

³Praise ^hthe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies ⁱand the God of all comfort. ^j4He comforts us in all our affliction, ^kso that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God. ⁵For as the sufferings ^lof Christ ^moverflow to us, so through Christ our comfort also overflows. ⁿ⁶If we are afflicted, ^oit is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is experienced in your endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer. ^p7And our hope ^qfor you is firm, because we know that as you share ^rin the sufferings, so you will share in the comfort.

⁸For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia: ^swe were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength ^t—so that we even despaired ^uof life.